Topic: Automation

Two-thirds of respondents in global survey expect revenue growth.

Global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider CEVA Logistics announced today it has opened the doors to its Jacksonville, Fla.-based Center of Logistics Excellence.

Following months of acrimonious negotiations, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), an alliance of container carriers, direct employers, and port associations serving United States-based East and Gulf Coasts, and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.

When the athletic footwear flipped the switch on its 520,000-square-foot paperless/wireless DC, it completely transformed the way it processed orders to accommodate rapid growth. Its mobile equipment affords real-time inventory management, improved communication among floor supervisors, and new efficiencies in shipping operations.

Here are some of the things to be watching over the next year in the materials handling sector.

Presenter says growth in automation among small and medium businesses will lead the way.

This year, ProMat features three keynote presentations, each offering critical insights from experts into future developments in robotics, business and the supply chain.

Earlier today, transportation and logistics bellwether FedEx announced that Henry J. Maier will succeed David F. Rebholz as president and CEO of FedEx subsidiary FedEx Ground.

Big acquisitions, a precarious economy and some new players change the landscape heading into 2013.

Logistics and supply chain professionals gain practical advice on how to build a solid business case for investing in supply chain technology—and how to make sure you’re getting the biggest bang for your buck once it’s implemented.

To support the productive enterprise, supply chains must embrace resiliency and become “massively multidimensional.”

DHL U.S. CEO provides LM with an update of its expansion in Miami and recent Global Buyer Initiative update.

Top analysts help logistics and supply chain professionals better understand and overcome the mounting challenges of global transportation and logistics management.

While the clock continues to tick on the looming December 29 deadline in Master Contract labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), an alliance of container carriers, direct employers, and port associations serving United States-based East and Gulf Coasts, there still is a fair amount of acrimony on both sides.

Leadership summit unites robotics leaders and newcomers in search of problems that need solving.

A record response reveals that readership is divided in terms of investment: one side remains cautious, while the other is on the verge of making significant changes to their warehouse/DC operations. How have your operations emerged from the Great Recession?

The warehousing and fulfillment markets are undergoing significant changes as companies incorporate e-commerce into their overall strategy

Taking steps to augment its cross-border services in Canada and Mexico and meet customer needs in NAFTA markets, FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of FedEx, said this week it has added three new service center facilities.

The warehousing and fulfillment markets are undergoing significant changes as companies incorporate e-commerce into their overall strategy

With a December 29 deadline looming in Master Contract labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), an alliance of container carriers, direct employers, and port associations serving United States-based East and Gulf Coasts, the United States Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) said that the concerns were at the negotiating table this week.