Having established a solid presence on the East Coast, Neiman Marcus decided it was time to build its own dedicated distribution center. Steve Johnson, principal with Johnson Stephens Consulting Inc., relates how the project was successfully carried out.
Austin Power, business development manager for order fulfillment solutions with Retrotech Inc., lists the challenges that retailers face, as they move to an omnichannel model of sales.
HighJump Software has entered into a partnership with MP Objects of the Netherlands, extending its transportation-management system (TMS) and warehouse-management system (WMS) to customers outside the U.S.
Greg Cronin, executive vice president of Intelligrated, and Nyle Morris, vice president of sales at Knighted, discuss the paradigm shift in fulfillment strategies being driven by omnichannel retailing and the type of integrated solutions that these strategies require.
Seasonal events that cause spikes in demand no longer are limited to holidays. Handling these peaks without adding labor requires automation, but companies worry about the cost. Lance Anderson of automation systems manufacturer Beumer Corp. shows how better use of equipment can generate the ROI that companies need.