Topic: Mobile & Wireless

New types of “edge” technologies promise new options for real-time location insights. Learn how these emerging forms of data capture might supplement traditional AIDC as well as the importance of software platforms, analytics and applications that take advantage of real-time location data.

Learn how to take advantage of mobile printers in the warehouse environment and how to choose the correct mobile printer. Download the complimentary white paper. Sato White Paper, Mobile Printing Case Study, Mobile Printers in the warehouse`

If your internal and external team members are juggling multiple devices and unable to collaborate safely, it’s time to develop a strong team communications foundation supported by advanced technology.

Download this new "Making the Case" guide to learn how using intelligent, vision-based readers and sensors can capture the information you need to help address both external customer service expectations, and internal marching orders for efficiency.

Trucker Tools LLC, provider of trip planning, shipment visibility and freight matching solutions, said that Schneider Transportation Management is now using various offerings from Trucker Tools in order to support its growing carrier network and freight brokerage operations.

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Can we talk about robots? And, not just robots. Let’s add Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the conversation, all of which have been on the menu at this year’s conference.

As mobility continues to enhance nearly all supply chain activities, the availability of more real-time data at a lower cost will push more operations forward. As this trend continues to evolve, expect to see a wider swath of shippers tapping into the power of what improved mobility offers.

The company has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the most well rounded TMS providers, with a varied customer base comprised of shippers, 3PLs, freight forwarders, freight brokers, and carriers.

In its 4th annual survey of manufacturers and distributors, Sikich finds that companies are facing many challenges; answers are elusive.

In an effort to expand its last-mile delivery services, Lima, Penn.-based 3PL services provider Pilot Freight Services said this week it has acquired Manna Freight Systems, a Mendota Heights, Minn.-based provider of last-mile logistics services.

Voice-directed picking and other types of voice solutions are proven in warehouse environments. But suppliers are now out to make voice-directed work even more productive with analytics and optimization, as well as improvements to the voice recognition engines.

When looking at the last three-to-four years in the logistics and freight transportation sectors, it is clear that there has been an “unusual and high level of activity” occurring. That was a key theme of a keynote speech at this week’s SMC3 Connections conference held at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia by John Wiehoff, CEO of global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson. In a wide-ranging speech, Wiehoff categorized some of the bigger...

Entitled “Fleet Mode,” Uber said in a blog posting that this tool, which is part of the Uber Freight app, allows “carriers and their dispatchers to find, book, and reassign the best loads for their team.” Uber Freight News

Entitled WMx, XPO said this offering, which is geared towards mobile devices, paves the way for the “rapid development and integration of automation and robotics” that is much lower than typical start-up times.

After two years of sluggish sales, ADC suppliers saw their sales increase as a growing number of companies turn to ADC to accommodate the demands of e-commerce and omni-channel.

Rugged devices and mobility are playing a leading role in today’s warehousing and logistics operations

​International shippers from Bloom Energy, FedEx, and Gap joined Oracle CEO Mark Hurd on stage at this week’s Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco to share predictions on how “the Cloud” will reshape supply chains.

Global freight transportation and logistics services provider XPO Logistics Inc. said this week that next month it plans to roll out a new interactive last mile technology, which, it said, will help consumers manage retail home deliveries.

Are your operators moving goods excessively before putaway and walking a lot to do their work at fixed stations? Do workers wait around for goods that they need to put away? If you answered yes, then maybe it's time to make the case for mobile workstations.