E-commerce

In this Special Digital Edition, the editorial staff of Modern curates the best robotics coverage over the past year to help track the evolution of this piping hot market.

In our latest Special Digital Issue, Logistics Management has curated several feature stories that neatly encapsulate the rise of the automated systems and related technologies that are revolutionizing how warehouse and DC operations work.

In this interview we sat down with Josef Mentzer President & CEO KNAPP to discuss how MODEX was representative of an industry that’s growing by leaps and bounds

How this simple, sustainable solution could ease the problem of double-parked delivery vehicles.

When Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and global e-commerce giant Amazon ended their business relationship in 2019, one could have likely assumed, at the time, that the breakup was permanent.

OnTrac said this new service offering went into effect on Saturday, March 16, adding it is available in 75% of its delivery network, covering 31 states and Washington, D.C., reaching more than 175 million consumers.

If you thought our annual survey on the outlook for warehouse and DC equipment and systems spending would indicate off-the-charts spending plans, think again. However, you will find interest in goods-to-person robotics, labor management, as well as more respondents tapping third-parties for maintenance analytics as companies look for more efficiencies.

While this year may be a close copy of 2023 in terms of supply chain execution as it relates to e-commerce moves, forecasting is more precarious. The instability and conflict have no upside, only more disruption—which inevitably leads to service and cost impacts across the board.

Packsize’s X7 On-Demand fully automated packaging solution changes the e-commerce game. Meet sustainability goals while boosting efficiency and increasing customer satisfaction!

We’re running out of ways to describe how e-commerce has reshaped the logistics landscape. Nearly every feature we assign over the editorial year contains advice for logistics professionals on how to fine-tune operations through strategy or technology to meet these new, pressing demands.

The company said that the new 138,500 square-foot facility will enable DHL eCommerce to process more B2C (business-to-consumer) domestic volume, supported by around 130 staffers, for customers in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region.

UPS noted that with this move it is the first global small package carrier in Canada to provide committed Saturday ground residential delivery of shipments from the United States and within Canada at no additional charge.

Lean how logistics giants and small businesses can ensure the seamless flow of parcels without enough hands-on deck.

Listen in as Vanderlande’s Andy Lockhart discusses the future of warehouse automation. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Selected from 2023’s top System Report cover stories that detail materials handling system deployments, Modern’s annual Productivity Achievement Awards honor companies that have made exceptional operational gains in warehouse automation, robotics, DC network strategy, and a spirit of innovation.