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IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
The Hyster J45-70A is an updated electric counterbalanced forklift, with zero exhaust emissions, in the 4,500- to 7,000-pound capacity range. Designed for industrial operations, it can be configured with a range of drive motor and battery options for outdoor and indoor applications.
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Supply Chain Predictions: Roadmap to 2030
Explore the strategic roadmap to 2030. Industry experts share predictions on AI adoption, autonomous vehicles, and the critical technology shifts required to stay competitive over the next decade.
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Robotics Turbocharge Inventory
With AI-optimized intelligence and storage-capacity boosting configurations, these robotics systems speed order fulfillment and enable supply chain efficiency gains.
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Last-Mile Solutions: Delivering the Future
New technologies are transforming last-mile delivery from a cost center into a strategic differentiator. Drones, robots, intelligent routing, and other innovations are reshaping how goods move and how brands win loyalty.
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Making Automation Less Scary: Addressing Obstacles and Setting Goals
Deploying automation can feel overwhelming. That’s why the starting points can’t be technology. It must be people and process.
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Generation AI: Preparing for the Future of Supply Chain
Here’s how companies are developing the workforce of the future and how current practitioners can future-proof their careers.
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Light the Way: Training Made Simple With LightSort® Pick-and-Put Solution
When a consolidator needed a fast, simple way to onboard warehouse workers, Engineering Innovation’s LightSort provided an intuitive solution that worked from day one.
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From Labor Retention to Continuous Flow: How DCs Are Redefining Efficiency
Leading warehouse automation solution providers are transforming distribution centers and empowering the workforce.
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Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chains: Beyond the Hype
Cut through the buzz and explore how AI is already transforming supply chain operations—from demand forecasting to decision automation—and where the real ROI begins.
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What New Job Will AI Create in Logistics/Supply Chain Management?
AUDIT AI risk auditor. As artificial intelligence takes over routine planning, we’ll need experts who audit the decisions it makes. This role will interrogate AI-driven forecasts, sourcing choices, and risk models. –Lisa Montague Commercial Director (South), AGI Global Logistics Ethics and governance director. This position drives the safe and ethical adoption of AI across all […]
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Shining a Light on Dark Factories
A manufacturing revolution is underway in factories around the world. “Lights-out” manufacturing is finally being realized in a few highly automated and roboticized locations. This dramatic shift—also known as the “dark factory”—is the ultimate objective of industrial automation: a factory so automated that it requires little or no human presence. Humans need the lights, machines […]
Read MoreNew Video: Turning Pallets Into Supply Chain Data Engines
Story and Interview by Amy Roach | November 3, 2025 What was once a simple piece of warehouse equipment is now becoming a data source for supply chain intelligence. That’s the takeaway from Inbound Logistics’ recent video podcast, “Pallets as Supply Chain Intelligence Tools,” featuring Jonathan Parks, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at iGPS. […]
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Macy’s Bets Big on Automation to Reinvent Its Supply Chain
By Amy Roach | October 30, 2025 When Macy’s Inc. cut the ribbon on its new automated fulfillment center in China Grove, North Carolina earlier this month, it signaled something more than a real estate expansion: it marked a strategic reset for one of America’s oldest retail brands. At 2.5 million square feet and with […]
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GNC’s Inventory Takes Flight
GNC, a leading health and wellness brand, was looking to streamline its system for conducting physical inventories. Because the system was largely manual, and given the number of employees and the amount of equipment required for each inventory session, GNC would complete only several full cycle counts each year.
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Beyond the Shelf: Unpacking the Future of Retail Logistics
Five key advances—from AI to smart mailboxes—are helping retailers adapt to a complex, demanding and evolving market.
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Supply Chain Reset: 7 Trends Remaking Manufacturing
Through reshoring, retooling, and redefining resilience, manufacturers are embracing a new normal shaped by volatility, vision, and the drive to stay ahead.
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Warehouse Robotics: What It Is, Types, and How It Works
Warehouse robotics is changing how modern supply chains operate. Businesses today face rising demand, tighter delivery windows, and labor shortages. To keep up, they are investing in automation technology that transforms how warehouse tasks get done. In many warehouse environments, robots now handle everything from picking to transporting goods. These robotic systems boost warehouse productivity […]
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IoT Manufacturing: Components, Benefits, and Challenges
Factories are no longer just metal, noise, and manpower. Smart machines now collect data, talk to each other, and help manufacturers make faster, better decisions. Welcome to the age of IoT manufacturing, where efficiency and insight come from connected technology. Across the manufacturing industry, companies use IoT devices and smart sensors to track machines, boost […]
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Supply Chain AI Adoption Accelerates as Logistics Startup Augment Secures $85M Series A
With $110M raised in just five months, Augment’s AI assistant “Augie” is gaining traction across freight providers, signaling the rapid integration of automation in supply chain operations.
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Betting on Robots Over Hype: ‘Viral Videos Don’t Pack Boxes’
From fashion design to robotics CEO, Kimberley Losey’s journey defies convention. But it’s her relentless focus on solving real problems that’s redefining automation and reshaping warehouse robotics, one human-footprint robot at a time.
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