Capital expenditure expectations for the coming year declined, though there are still signs of sizable automation budgets and interest in warehouse technology. The bigger picture revolves around continued struggles with upstream supply chains, inventory management and space.
WMS selection is not a process you can rush, it requires research, planning, and a whole lot of thought. Finding the right WMS means finding a system with the functionality you need, from a vendor you can trust, who aligns with your company and can deliver against your goals.
There are many steps that can be taken to ensure improved efficiencies operationally and system wise with a warehouse management system implementation. Consider this your guide to success.
In this year’s annual survey, the disruption of the past year certainly influenced some short-term trends, but respondents are optimistic going forward. Results reflect more than a bump in the road, however. Companies are deeply concerned about issues like labor…
At this week's Momentum Connect customer conference, Manhattan Associates Inc. announced the new Manhattan Active Warehouse Management solution, a cloud-native enterprise-class warehouse management system designed to connect every aspect of distribution and may never…
The first generation of warehouse execution systems (WES) brought a new level of orchestration to automated warehouses. The next generation promises to bring a new level of optimization and productivity to the conventional warehouse. Get ready for WES 2.0.
Coping with growth and change is never easy, but it's particularly challenging in a tight labor market in which the cost of industrial real estate has spiraled upward. As this year's survey results show, respondents are rolling up their sleeves and coping with change…
As e-commerce fulfillment pressure continues to climb, our annual survey points to the many changes taking hold—from more investment in automated approaches to piece picking, more use of robotics, increased interest in throughput metrics and general process improvement.
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