Order Management & Fulfillment

Watch: Meeting the Challenge of Cold Storage for a 3PL

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Mark Schuchter, director with United States Cold Storage, describes how his company works with Westfalia Technologies to ensure the quality of chilled and frozen goods.

Amazon Rolls Out End-to-End Supply Chain Service

Mon, 04 May 2026 10:47:20 -0400

The new service includes Amazon's full slate of freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping services.

From Fragmented Tools to Unified Workflows: How to Transform Field Operations

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Field service teams often juggle laptops, phones, on‑site PCs, and handwritten notes—slowing work and introducing errors. Join us to learn practical steps for consolidating workflows onto one mobile device and elevating customer perception with the same technology we recommend to clients.

Mastering Returnable Transport Items (RTIs) in Peak Seasons

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Returnable Transport Items (RTI) losses of 10–15% and lack of real-time visibility are critical bottlenecks in peak-season supply chains. RFID and BLE tracking enable end-to-end asset visibility, reducing costs, improving throughput, and strengthening operational resilience.

Amazon Announces Fuel Surcharge for U.S. Sellers

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:46:48 -0400

Amazon further clarified that the surcharge will be applied to fulfillment fees, not on the sale price of items.

Work Design: Closing the Gap Between Humans and Machines

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Most industrial workflows were built for either humans or machines; not both.

Driving Efficiency and Sustainability in Packaging

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

In today’s evolving environment, packaging has become a critical driver of cost savings, efficiency and sustainability. Businesses across all industries are facing rising shipping costs, labor shortages, and increasing pressure to operate more sustainably.

How Diverse Business Models Are Redefining Supply Chains

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Diverse business models will continue to challenge traditional operating rules and require supply chains that are proactive, agile and resilient.

Box-Intact Fulfillment Is the Next Strategic Shift in Retail Logistics

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Box-intact fulfillment is a strategic shift that redefines what collaboration and efficiency mean in modern retail.

The Future of Retail Omnichannel Fulfillment

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Composable architecture is transforming order-management systems by emphasizing modularity, rapid configurability and API-first architecture.

Reinventing Warehouse Management with an Intelligent Framework

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Warehouses today face a harsh reality: structural volatility is the new normal. Rising costs, labor shortages, and data overload are exposing the fragility of outdated models. This guide outlines a new framework built on four actionable tenets designed to transform your operations from reactive to resilient.

Transforming Field Service Efficiency

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:00:00 -0500

DecisionPoint Technologies revolutionized its field operations by replacing a patchwork of laptops, mobile phones, and handwritten notes with the Zebra ET45 rugged tablet—a single, powerful platform built for mobile productivity. Field technicians previously faced inefficiencies, manual errors, and data delays caused by juggling multiple disconnected tools.

The Visibility Shift That’s Transforming Warehouse Performance

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Without visibility across the full warehouse workflow, leaders end up addressing symptoms instead of causes.

The Current State of Emerging Technologies in the Warehouse

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

The warehouse industry is in transition, operating with one foot in a paper-based past and the other in a digitally enabled future.

Test Automation: The Next Era of Supply Chain Readiness

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Modern supply chains are powered by a vast digital ecosystem of WMS, TMS, OMS, LMS, WES, WCS, APIs and microservices. Each change in one system ripples across the others

How to Build a Cross-Functional S&OP Process That Actually Works

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) sits at the center of modern supply chain and logistics businesses, as a critical tool that aligns demand, supply and financial goals into a single, disciplined process, and turns strategy into action.

Why Logistics Leaders are Turning to Goods-to-Person Automation

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

In an era where speed, accuracy, and efficiency are the lifeblood of retail, the logistics industry is undergoing significant change. At the heart of this is goods-to-person (GTP) automation, a technology that could change not just the warehouse floor, but the economics and possibilities of fulfillment itself.

Automation — A Strategic Growth Enabler

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

From manufacturing and logistics to finance and customer service, automation is redefining how work gets done.

How AI-Enabled Vision Systems Will Transform Yard and Warehouse Management

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Despite their promise, AI-enabled vision systems present several challenges that organizations must address.

5 Things to Know: Optimizing Your Warehouse with Adaptive and Intelligent Operations

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Supply chains today face constant pressure from disruptions to trade, volatile markets, and raised costs across a variety of sectors. Warehouses sit at the center of many of these challenges, and the ones that are best equipped to weather that storm are often those that have the technology they need to stay resilient.

The New Economics of Warehousing: Flexibility Over Footprint

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Companies today see their storage and fulfillment networks as extensions of their risk-management strategy: places to adapt, recalibrate and absorb shocks when global dynamics shift.

Cross-Dock Sortation: The Logical Extension of the Middle Mile

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Modern-day sortation technologies — including hardware, software and data— at middle-mile cross-docks give retailers and shippers the tools to transcend the “transportation-only” mindset.

Why Logistics Leaders are Turning to Goods-to-Person Automation

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Goods-to-person automation flips traditional warehouse processes on their head.

How Castellini Transformed Cold-Chain Operations With a Dynamic WMS

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Third-party logistics providers with their own warehouses must accommodate a wide range of very specific customer fulfillment needs.

Five Things to Know: Optimizing Your Warehouse with Adaptive and Intelligent Operations

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Warehouses that are best equipped to weather the storms of disruptions are often those that have the technology they need to stay resilient.

Survey: 98% of Warehouse Workers Say Automation Helps Productivity

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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

Podcast | It’s Time to Automate the B2B Order-Management Lifecycle

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

The order-management lifecycle is ripe for automation — especially in the form of artificial intelligence.

How a California School District is Training Tomorrow's Logistics Leaders

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

With hands-on experience, students in Fresno, California, can acquire a range of technical logistics skills, and even get forklift and OSHA certified.

The ROI Multiplier: How Minimizing Robots Maximizes Throughput and Savings

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

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

Linerless Labels: A Triple Win of Benefits in Warehousing and Manufacturing

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

The concept is simple: using self-adhesive shipping labels that don’t come with a liner backing.