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The Future of Drone Delivery: Trends, Advantages, and Challenges

MTS Logistics

A prime example is Walmart’s recent declaration of broadening its drone delivery hubs, aimed at catering to an additional 60,000 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Drones assist in picking and packing tasks within expansive warehouses, streamlining order fulfillment operations.

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Robots Take Center Stage at MODEX 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

From autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to collaborative robots (cobots) to industrial robots, robots are transforming the way goods are moved, stored, picked, packed, and shipped. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention. They can also work alongside humans or independently, depending on the task and the environment.

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Six trends impacting the warehouse automation industry

Logistics Business Magazine

Increased wages and benefits haven’t been enough to reverse the trend. As a result, we’re seeing some developing trends heading into the second half of the year.”. Specifically, Honeywell sees six trends emerging in the warehouse and DC industries. Increasingly aggressive adoption of proven automation technologies.

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Time-Saving Automation for Ecommerce Brands

Ship Monk

Top Time-Saving Fulfillment Center Solutions At a glance, for your ecommerce business to thrive you need a fulfillment center and fulfillment services outfitted with time-saving automation that make picking, packing, shipping, sorting, and managing more efficient. ShipMonk’s 3PL software , for example, is time-saving automation at its finest.

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A Guide to Efficient and Reliable Air Freight Forwarding

Dedola Global Logistics

The recent shift from air to ocean freight, as noted in the 2023 market trends, is driven by factors like improved reliability in ocean shipping and increased environmental consciousness. For example, a forwarder with strong connections at key airports can expedite customs clearance, reducing the risk of delays.

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3 Tech Trends Reshaping the Logistics Industry

Now, That's Logistics

Three Key Trends in IoT, Robotics, and Wearables. By optimizing workflows and order picking/packing accuracy; improving inventory management; and better utilizing human labor, technology is literally reshaping the logistics industry. Additional languages available. Portuguese language. Spanish language.

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6 Supply Chain Trends from 2017 and their Ongoing Progress

Logistics Bureau

Call it a cop-out if you like, but predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular, can suddenly disrupt the way things are done. 2018 Update: How Did the Trends Progress?