Autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, are the latest trend in warehouse automation. Ecommerce companies, traditional retailers, and 3PLs view AMRs as a key technology to rein in the high labor costs associated with ecommerce fulfillment….
Order Picking Bucket Brigades – An Introduction
Order picking bucket brigades are a way of organizing workers and orchestrating work in a warehouse pick module. The bucket brigade process balances workflow and distributes work evenly amongst the pickers, maximizing productivity and throughput….
Two Stage Picking | Doubling Productivity For Slow Moving Items In A Warehouse
The rise of ecommerce and consumer expectations of next day shipping has increased the number of warehousing jobs, but not the amount of capable workers available to fill them. In the current labor market, warehouse…
Warehouse and DC News Roundup – November 2019
New Tech Keeps Warehouse Workers Safe Warehouse workers spend hours a day bending, twisting and lifting heavy boxes, but there is a safe and an unsafe way to do their jobs. Workers who bend too…
Warehouse and DC News Roundup – October 2019
Amazon’s Next DC Strategy: Brownfields Two recent news stories may indicate that Amazon has a new “brownfields” strategy for building DCs closer to their customers. It was recently announced that the company is going to…
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