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Thanks to a new Manhattan-area DC that helps it meet its customers' delivery requirements, Winebow is now the toast of the town.

Carousels, flow racks, and sophisticated pick-to-light and put-to-light systems make Bendon's new DC almost as sexy as the lingerie it handles.

By investing in some new conveyors and a pop-up sorter, online grocer Peapod eliminated a notorious bottleneck in its DC operation and boosted capacity by 50 percent.

Here are eight of the best new picking technologies you've probably never heard of. Go ahead, take your pick.

Move over, Han Solo. Retailer Too Inc. has also made the jump to lightspeed. Its blazing fast new put-to-light fulfillment system has sent DC operations into hyperdrive.

There's high-density storage and there's narrow-aisle storage, but Schenker's gone one better: no-aisle storage. Its ultra-dense system stores pallets 24 deep and requires no human intervention.

Lagging productivity at its '50s-era DC in Columbus, Ohio, left retailer Big Lots with two choices: renovate the aging facility or shutter it and build a new high-tech facility somewhere else. Its decision may surprise you.

Lipstick? Yoga mats? No problem. When it comes to order picking and packing, nothing fazes this third-party fulfillment operation.