Warehouse
Automation Stories
The composition of e-commerce sales is changing
Americans are shopping online like never before. But with the fight for online sales getting ever more intense, retailers’ easy dot-com pickings are long gone.
Robot orders down in first quarter of 2023
Robot sales dropped more than 20% in total units in the first quarter of 2023 compared to 2022.
Companies using data analytics are 23 times more likely to outperform competitors
One of the best use cases of AI and machine learning is in measuring warehouse productivity.
Canadian Tire disputes Attabotics’ claims over major warehouse fire
Attabotics is suing Canadian Tire for damages, claiming a fire at the Toronto distribution center was caused by “wrongful conduct.”
Cardinal Health pioneering its ‘stockless solution’ with robotic facility in Toronto
The 163,000 square-foot facility will integrate robotic technologies to deliver operational efficiencies as well as enhanced employee, customer, and supplier experiences.
Niagara Bottling challenged over robotic forklift accident
Plaintiff says the company requested that the defendant disable the forklifts long enough for company employees to safely complete the work.
DHL to add thousands of autonomous robots to global network
Some 5,000 AMR robots will be deployed across DHL’s facilities in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Shoppers begin to back away from demands for urgent delivery
Shoppers are showing more willingness to wait for deliveries as concerns grow over the cost of fulfillment.
Amazon transportation VP Udit Madan on expanding same-day delivery
Udit Madan, Amazon VP of transportation, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss Amazon’s same-day delivery site logistics.
Coupang, the ‘Amazon’ of South Korea, building e-commerce facility with one thousand robots
Coupang will invest more than $757.8 million to build a logistics center for overnight and instant deliveries,