Amazon’s robots are getting flattering press.  And for good reason: they’re the cutest darned things.

Well, that’s not fair. According to Amazon,...

I was in a meeting recently with the transportation team of a multi-billion dollar grocery chain and it got me thinking back to my days in...

As consumers, we do not always realize what is the magnitude of the infrastructure required to support the distribution of our everyday purchases.

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The project team sat in the conference room where the CEO sat with his back to the whiteboard. Ostensibly, we were there to kick off a WMS...

The guys from Freakonomics did a podcast on the Cobra Effect which explains the myriad ways in which folks engineer incentives to create one outcome...

Simply Google ‘WMS implementation stats’ and you will find alarming numbers about the reality of WMS implementations. Too many are delivered behind...

Today, the Panama Canal celebrates its 100th anniversary. Considered an engineering marvel which revolutionized maritime transportation, the Canal is...

The 100th anniversary of the First World War is an appropriate opportunity for us to outline the paramount role of logistics in times of war, just as...

A small event on a recent afternoon in Boston got me thinking about storage capacity in the warehouse.

After a late lunch in the North end, I was...

Geekwire reports (link to article) that Amazon plans to add 10,000 KIVA robots to its distribution centers by the end of the year.

If you don’t know...