- 1. Big Ideas to Transform Your Logistics
- (Logistics)
- ... sales. Companies like Amazon have set the bar with the adoption of robots from as early as 2012 when it purchased Kiva robots. The adoption of robots by Amazon opened a robot arms race with more companies ...
- 2. The Robotic Revolution
- (News)
- Robots have been all over the news recently as the technology has improved, costs have dropped, and rising labor costs have managers exploring their potential. Amazon was an early adopter in their ...
- 3. AI in Supply Chain's Futur
- (News)
- When you hear the 'automation' and 'supply chain' terms in the same sentence, you probably think about robots and driverless trucks.Those will definitely be a part of our future, but artificial intelligence ...
- 4. Amazon's Trucking Move
- (News)
- Amazon created a lot of buzz (pun intended) with its testing of drones for customer order delivery. But Wired magazine's Davey Alba thinks their real logistics future is elsewhere: in self-driving trucks.Lots ...
- 5. Logistics Career Considerations
- (News)
- A consistent theme we've seen this year has been the need for supply chain workers. Demand is especially high on the logistics side, with the rise of ecommerce and resultant spike in shipping.But is that ...
- 6. Amazon Fulfillment From the Inside
- (News)
- Amazon gets a lot of press, but there's a reason for that: they do a lot of interesting things. I've often wondered what their fulfillment process looked like from the inside, and CNet has provided a fantastic ...
- 7. Amazon's Logistics Move
- (News)
- Just when you think you have Amazon's strategy figured out, something new (and big) pops up, like its recent purchases and leases of logistics assets. CEO Jeff Bezos says they're not looking to compete ...
- 8. Process, Technology, or Both?
- (News)
- Process and technology are two paths to productivity, but as a supply chain manager you don't have to make an 'either-or' decision. Throughout the supply chain, they interact and are interdependent.Puga ...
- 9. What's Amazon Up To
- (Management)
- ... reducing the cost of cloud data storage and removing barriers to scaling for small businesses. • Amazon’s purchase of industrial robot company Kiva and implementation into its DCs lowered costs and ...
- 10. Top Supply Chain Innovations of All Time
- (News)
- You can always count on Dan Gilmore of the Supply Chain Digest for provocative topics. In a current article, he's throwing out a list of the top supply chain innovations of all-time.He nails many of them, ...
- 11. Warehouse Automation
- (News)
- Warehouse automation demand is peaking. It looks like ecommerce is having yet another area of significant impact within the supply chain. Robots are part of the automation solution, but other technologies ...
- 12. More Supply Chain Predictions
- (News)
- Great minds think alike, I suppose. On the Logistics Viewpoints site, Steve Banker details his top 5 predictions for 2015 for the supply chain and they're very similar to ours.If we're right with our 'guesses', ...
- 13. Amazon Robot Update
- (News)
- It's the busy time of year for the folks at Amazon. I bet those robots working in their fulfillment centers are working (but not being paid) overtime to fill the huge volume of holiday orders.Bob Ferrari, ...
- 14. Amazon Automation
- (News)
- It's interesting to get different views on how automation affects processes and people. A good example is the use of robots in Amazon fulfillment centers.In an Operations Room article, Marty Lariviere ...
- 15. The Impact on Business by eCommerce
- (News)
- In a provacatively titled article on the Procurement Insights site, Jon Hansen addresses the issue of whether eCommerce is bad for the economy. As we all know, it's had a big impact on businesses and consumers, ...
- 16. Cutting DC Costs
- (News)
- Everyone wants to take cost out of their distribution center operations, but you probably have exhausted all potential sources for savings, right? Well, James A. Cooke on the DC Velocity site has a few ...
- 17. Amazon Ramps Up Robots
- (News)
- When you talk about companies that offer efficient order fulfillment, Amazon usually is at the top of the list. One relatively recent development, its purchase of Kiva, a robotics company, has contributed ...
- 18. What's Amazon Thinking
- (News)
- Adrian Gonzalez, on the Talking Logistics site, recommends reading between the lines in Jeff Bezos' recent letter to Amazon stockholders. There aren't too many better ways to learn about cutting edge logistics ...
- 19. Amazon and Kiva
- (News)
- If you thought Amazon would be marketing robotic warehouse equipment after they bought Kiva, you were mistaken, at least so far. Their aggressive DC development efforts seem to be sucking up all of Kiva' ...
- 20. Fearless Predictions for 2014
- (Blogs)
- ... purchased robot manufacturer Kiva, adopt their use, others will be right behind them struggling to keep up. As electronic commerce grows and more distribution centers are built to support logistical needs, ...
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