The rise of digitization is making warehouse processes more efficient, by automating tasks and giving employees time to focus on more complex duties. According to one report, the warehouse automation ...

In every sphere of business, the use of automation is growing. In warehouses and distribution, for instance, the worldwide market revenue for robotics automation is projected to grow from $7.91 ...

The rapid expansion of e-commerce and omnichannel retail is accelerating demand for automated material handling solutions as warehouses face increasing order volumes, faster delivery expectations, and ...

As retailers braced for the surge of Black Friday 2025 demand last week, a new study from Mecalux and the MIT Intelligent Logistics Systems (ILS) Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics ...

Together, the companies combine Kawasaki Robotics' industrial robot arm technology with Dexterity's Mech hardware and full Physical AI software stack, featuring the Foresight World Model, to support ...

At an Amazon warehouse in Louisiana, Robin lifts and sorts packages. Hercules moves pods full of goods. Sequoia retrieves items to pick and pack for online orders. These aren’t the names of Amazon ...

Warehouse automation is no longer a differentiator—it is a prerequisite for operating at scale. Rising labor costs, volatile demand patterns, tighter delivery expectations, and increasing SKU ...

FedEx’s spin-off of FedEx Freight is a done deal The long-awaited spin-off of FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics ...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Motive Companies today announced the deployment of a GXC private cellular network at Raymond West's 200,000-square-foot corporate headquarters ...

U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement eases energy pressures, but logistics normalization may take months With a preliminary agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to end the United States-Iran ...

Supply chain robotics and infrastructure startup Mytra Inc. says it’s going to supercharge warehousing efficiency after closing on a bumper $120 million funding round today. The company is the creator ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the May-Jun 2024 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. In each issue I try to ...