Drone deliveries for Atlanta started on December 3, and include groceries, household goods, toys and over-the-counter medicine.

Nearly half of workers consider themselves optimistic about the role of automation in warehouses, compared to 32% who described themselves as reluctant.

Nick Glynne, CEO and founder of Buy It Direct which owns Appliances Direct, said that he expects to get rid of 500 of the company’s current 800 workers.

There’s a point when just throwing more robots at a problem delivers diminishing returns. It also gets expensive quickly.

General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra told investors the chip constraints “have the potential to impact production.”

The future, in Louisiana, at least, lies in building more modest vessels that make the most of advanced technology, rather than giant containerships, bulk carriers and tankers.

Two-thirds of organizations aren't pursuing necessary aggressive redesigns of their manufacturing operations, even with growing expectations around the use of advanced automation.

Documents reviewed by The New York Times also spoke of avoiding terms such as "automation" and "AI" in favor of "advanced technology" and "cobot."

When it comes to innovations in warehouse technology, “state of the art” is a constantly moving target.

Digital transformations don’t happen overnight. The key question for manufacturers is how to digitize operations effectively.