Warehouses and distribution centers are undergoing a quiet revolution in the adoption of advanced technologies. The warehouse is on the trajectory to implement many of the capabilities sought in the vision of the Industrial Internet of Things.

The growth of e-commerce increases consumer choice and flexibility, but it also challenges distribution centers to keep pace with consumers' higher expectations for faster and more accurate delivery. Nearly nine in 10 distribution center operators expect to adopt new mobile devices and voice-direction technology in the next five years to meet that need, according to a survey by Honeywell and YouGov.

View Technologies has created the inView Platform, a software framework enabling access to real-time data for items incorporating RAIN RFID (passive UHF) tags in retail, manufacturing and logistics.

JDA Software Group Inc. has integrated its JDA Intelligent Fulfillment and Labor Productivity applications with order-management software from IBM Commerce.