Hyundai Motor Group is quietly pushing its “dark factory” vision beyond car assembly lines and into the massive world of logistics. The strategy, centered around robotics and AI-driven automation, is ...

A new survey of U.S. supply chain executives finds many warehouse operations struggle to adapt to disruptions due to rigid ...

Warehouse operations are undergoing a profound transformation as companies grapple with the competing pressures of faster fulfillment expectations, persistent labor shortages, rising operational costs ...

The market for warehouse automation is expected to grow to $55 billion by 2030, alongside an ever-expanding e-commerce boom that has created new, complex challenges for businesses. According to a ...

Warehouse automation is booming. Fueled by the success of e-commerce, projections indicate the market is expected to surpass $54 billion by 2030, led by the rise of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the May-Jun 2024 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. In each issue I try to ...

Traditionally, material handling automation has been associated with rigid installments and operations, such as automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) which require significant investments and ...

It’s a nightmare scenario: a company invests more than $150 million in warehouse automation, only to see the project fail. Too many ambitious projects launched by forward-looking warehouses are ...

Grocery wholesale cooperative Associated Food Stores (AFS) plans to deploy Symbotic warehouse automation technology at its Farr West, Utah, distribution center. Wilmington, Massachusetts-based ...

Oxford Economics estimates 20% of U.S. jobs face high automation risk over the next two decades, with transportation and ...

Omnichannel sellers today face a paradox. Demand is strong, and sales channels are multiplying. Yet behind the scenes, many fulfillment operations are held back by manual processes and disconnected ...