Articles Tagged with ''DHL Supply Chain''

To better manage risk, companies seek to inject agility into their supply chains with a renewed focus on procurement, customer demand, inventory management, and business partner collaboration.

3PL forecasts “most unpredictable fourth quarter ever” as pandemic snarls typical peak season patterns.

Investment will support fulfillment bots from Locus Robotics, specialized warehouses in Memphis and Indianapolis.

Sustainability makes its way to the packing arena, as companies seek to become more environmentally friendly throughout the distribution center and across the supply chain.

Technology continues to revolutionize the picking process, as robotics and vision systems take on a larger role in order fulfillment.

Going into the new year, the logistics sector faces fierce headwinds that include an ongoing labor shortage, freight-rate volatility, and economic uncertainty. New technologies and strategies may be key to weathering the storm.

In the face of an increasingly complex supply chain, experts point to data, automation, and flexibility as building blocks of a successful fulfillment strategy.

Creating a network of small satellite fulfillment centers can ease transportation, labor, and automation challenges for retailers—all while raising the bar on the customer experience.

Partnerships with software, hardware vendors could solve problems in warehouse labor, parcel returns, urban delivery, DHL says.