Articles & News on Supply Chain Optimization

How Warehouse Optimization Paired with Automation Solutions Can Ensure a Resilient Manufacturing Supply Chain

  • by Marc Terwilliger
  • August 13, 2024
  • Feature

Understanding the optimal timing for adopting warehouse automation is crucial for maintaining agility, cost-effectiveness and resiliency in supply chains.

Manufacturing Technology Orders Grow 4.3% in June 2024 as Year-Over-Year Order Gap Narrows

  • August 13, 2024
  • News

Orders of manufacturing technology totaled $386.7 million in May 2024.

Supply Chain Sustainability Software Spend by Manufacturers Expected to Rise

  • July 25, 2024
  • News

Driven by European supply chain sustainability regulations around minerals and textiles, manufacturers are seeking supply chain software solutions.

REGO-FIX Launches New Product Finder

  • July 18, 2024
  • News

The new online tool offers quick and easy search, effortless ordering.

Cyberthreats Built Right into Your OT Environment

  • by Ilan Barda
  • July 16, 2024
  • Feature

Supply chain security is a serious concern for operational technology (OT) and must be addressed immediately.

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Launches Lab Supported by Mecalux to Research Potential of AI in Logistics

  • July 3, 2024
  • News

The Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab will apply new AI- and machine-learning-based methods and technologies to the logistics problems with the greatest impact for businesses and society.

What Drives the Success of Automated Packaging Processes?

  • by Emily Newton
  • June 20, 2024
  • Feature

Packaging automation can transform the logistics industry. However, it’s not as easy to capitalize on that potential as it may seem.

More Than 500,000 Industrial Robots Shipped in 2023

  • June 14, 2024
  • News

Overall global industrial robot shipment volumes exceeded 500,000 units in 2023, according to global market research firm Interact Analysis.

Comau: Supporting Sustainability on Multiple Fronts

  • by Renee Bassett
  • June 3, 2024
  • Feature

From robots to design-to-manufacture production lines, Comau brings its sustainable automation to companies across the globe. 

Reitmans (Canada) Limited Selects SDI Element Logic to Streamline Inventory Management

  • May 15, 2024
  • News

This cutting-edge material handling solution replaces six existing sorters, the first of which was installed by SDI Element Logic in 1996.