Amazon recently introduced a new service that automatically reorders and delivers products related to common household devices, such as clothes washers, coffee makers, and even dog food dispensers. The Amazon Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) currently can be connected to a handful of devices that monitor usage of particular products then automatically reorders them through Amazon … Read more
Companies have a vested interest in knowing where cargo containers filled with their products or supplies are located at any given time. But given the fact that ships carrying thousands of cargo containers are constantly circling the globe, it’s often difficult to know exactly where each particular container is located … until now, that is. … Read more
Lake Nicaragua — a massive pool of pristine water — sits in the middle of a primordial jungle. Covering more than 3,100 square miles in the center of Nicaragua, the lake is the primary source of fresh water for much of Central America. The enormous jungle lake is also the center of a battle of … Read more
Managers at the German staircase company Krieger Treppen GmbH had a problem. Workers were unable to lift the wooden planks weighing up to 353 pounds in order to carve them into staircase steps. So the company turned to the North Carolina-based FIPA Inc. to design, build and install a custom material handling solution that allowed … Read more
Over the next five years, nearly 9 out of every 10 distribution centers and warehouse are expected to incorporate voice directed mobile technology to their operations, according to to a survey released recently. And that’s if they aren’t using this technology already. The survey, commissioned by the technology giant Honeywell in conjunction with research group … Read more
Engineering students at the University of Tennessee are getting a hands-on education on streamlining inventory and reducing delivery times thanks to a generous donation from one of the country’s leading maker of storage bins. Akro-Mils — the Akron, Ohio, based manufacturer of storage and organization products — recently donated $4,700 worth of products to the … Read more
Company parties offer the opportunity for people who spend most of the work days together to finally get together, relax, and socialize a little. They can be either a welcome respite to the day-to-day grind … or the chance for somebody to make such a spectacle of themselves that everybody else will be talking about … Read more
Consumers are becoming more wary of Black Friday shopping in which crazed customers scramble for a handful of low-priced “doorbusters”, according to to a new survey. And according to a new survey, many shoppers are warning retailers that they better have their act together this year … or else! Doorbusters Still Important, But … While … Read more
How green is your warehouse? Of course, I am not talking about painting the exterior or interior walls, floor or other sections of your warehouse green. What I am referring to is energy savings. Many new warehouses have been built with a variety of features that offer energy savings that can result in cost savings. … Read more
More than half of all consumers would be willing to pay 5% or more for the products that they order online if it means they can be delivered using environmentally-friendly trucks and delivery vans, according to the results of a new study. And 76% of consumers polled said they would be willing to wait at … Read more
