A family-owned grocery store in America, Schnucks, has introduced robots to three of its stores. Tally the robot is being given a six-week trial, some of her capabilities include checking aisles for out of stock items three times a day and making sure products and...

All of us love a good David and Goliath story—but what happens when Goliath remains unopposed? In the terms of companies, the heavy hitters are equivalent to this fictional juggernaut. Names like Amazon and Google are recognized worldwide for everything from products...

The co-founder of Boohoo.com has decided to reap the benefits of the company by selling more than £80 million in shares. The sale of shares is all going to go to the purchasing of a new “supersite warehouse.” The profits and timing were both in prime conjunction, as...

Decision makers are often tasked with the difficulty of, well, making decisions. So, to make the decision of “do we explore voice technology or not?” an easier one, we have compiled these three things to do, or consider, before considering voice technology. ONE -...

Cities are affected by the transportation that operate within them. Both urban freight transportation and passenger transport have economic, environmental and social impacts in city areas. What are city logistics? In 1999, Taniguchi et al. defined city logistics as...

Royal FloraHolland is a Dutch cooperative facilitating one of the world’s biggest flower auctions. In 2016, 6.924 million plants and flowers were sold via Royal FloraHolland. The auction area covers 2.398.662 m2 which includes 138.667 m2 of cooling cells. Cut flowers...

Software developer Nicholas Mattiello from Moyavox is currently chasing his dream to become a qualified pilot. We caught up with Nick to find out what has driven him to take on this challenge. What made you decide to take your private pilot’s license? It was my dream...

A round table of leading supply chain management (SCM) technology analysts recently expressed their expert opinions on “intelligent” logistics and how today’s logistics companies need to stay relevant in an interview with Michael Levans. The professionals consisted of...

Despite the fact that inventory management is one of the most important areas of a warehouse that can be impacted by innovative ideas, its value is often underappreciated. It is easy to fall under the impression that warehouses are merely glorified stock rooms....

Business interruption now accounts for a much higher proportion of the overall loss than was the case ten years ago – and that is down to increasing interdependencies between companies, the global supply chain and lean production processes. That connection is made by...