OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fleming Cos. here earlier this month began selling updated computer-based training packages in an unbundled format designed to make CBT affordable for the 3,000 independent retailers it services."The...
Ergonomic considerations, whether incorporated into materials-handling equipment or the way orders are selected for building pallets, are playing a bigger role as retailers and wholesalers seek to dramatically reduce...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Bruno's here is considering a switch from wooden crates to plastic pallets within the next month, pending results of a pilot test being conducted in the retailer's grocery and perishables warehouse...
WACONIA, Minn. -- Companies shipping temperature-sensitive products identified third-party logistics providers and carriers as the key links in the supply chain, both for ensuring quality assurance and for bearing its...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here plans to test voice-directed picking technology in the fresh food area at its distribution center here this fall. The test will run through the end of the year.Voice...
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway here is installing an inbound freight-management system to optimize inbound transportation for the company's 1,368 stores from its headquarters here.By implementing a supply-chain...
Paperless picking technologies, from relatively mainstream pick-to-light systems to newer wearable and voice-activated technology, are helping distributors increase picking efficiency and decrease distribution center...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- The Golub Corp. here, parent company of Price Chopper Supermarkets, has dramatically changed its home shopping service. Rather than rely on a third-party company, Price Chopper has created a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A shopping cart designed to minimize the chance of tipping over or allowing a child to fall out won a nationwide contest of young engineers, sponsored by the Junior Engineering Technical Society...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- In a move that will allow Meijer Inc. here to simplify its electronic data interchange systems as well as provide a future gateway to Internet-based communications, the retailer has designated a...