Sears Roebuck & Co., once the largest retailer in the US, has been among the hardest hit by the rise of online shopping. During the first three months of this year, sales have slipped 8.3% to $5.39 billion — a loss of $471 million. — during the three months of 2016. Now company officials are … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find coming up on the Bahrns blog: Mark your calendars: Tuesday, June 16th is the third annual National Forklift Safety Day, the one day of the year set aside to bring awareness to the importance of forklift safety. We’ll tell you what’s … Read more
By 2030, warehouses worldwide will have feature products that “talk” to the driverless forklifts that transport them, vehicles that generate more energy than they use, and integrated self-reliant facilities that operate autonomously with practically zero human workers. That’s what the future is going to look like according to a new 3-D holographic display in a … Read more
No doubt you have heard the phrase, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And no doubt you understand the point of the quote is that difficult situations lead to ingenious solutions. Some have attributed the quote to Plato, who wrote in The Republic, “Necessity, who is the mother of invention.” Regardless who first said it; … Read more
Less than five months after it began making runs between Asia and the US, the largest cargo ship ever to make port in North America has been redirected to the Asia-to-Europe port. One reason France’s CMA CGM SA cargo shipping company’s shifting the mammoth CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin was due to US ports being unable … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview at some of the stories coming soon on the Bahrns blog: Just five months ago, West Coast port officials were ceremoniously welcoming the world’s largest cargo container ship. Now the giant vessels are no longer being welcomed at US ports. We’ll tell you what happened and how it could … Read more
If the US economy hopes to remain competitive globally, it needs to spend an additional $1.4 trillion on infrastructure improvements between now and 2025, and another $5.2 trillion by 2040, according to a report issued last week by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The report, called “Failure to Act: Closing the Infrastructure Investment Gap … Read more
Warehouse inventory managers are well aware of excessive inventory issues. Someone was too excited over the prospect of selling a particular product so he or she ended up ordering too many of them. Although there may be more reasons for excessive inventory, whatever the reasons the inventory manager needs to come up with ways to … Read more
Does it seem like there are a lot more drones buzzing around overhead lately? Well, get ready because there’s about to be a lot more. Thanks to improved technology and lower prices, pilot-less drones were one of the most popular gifts last holiday season. Go to YouTube or any other video-sharing site and you are … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories coming soon on the Bahrns blog: Imagine this: You leave work for the night and when you come back the next morning, all of your inventory is done for you. Elves? No, drones. We’ll tell you how it works … Drones are being used for … Read more
