As US shipping ports grow increasingly congested, logistics leaders and local officials are seeking solutions to the national supply chain crisis.  The City of Long Beach, California, issued a statement on Friday announcing it will temporarily permit additional container stacking to free up space and alleviate port congestion. The announcement came shortly after Ryan Petersen, CEO of the...Read More

As record numbers of hulking cargo ships clog key ports and threaten the global supply chain, many retailers have been forced to find creative ways to overcome shortages and price hikes. From chartering bulk vessels and smaller container ships to flying in products and hoarding goods, retailers have been forced to quickly pivot, scrapping traditional strategies in...Read More

Costco plans to open up to 28 stores in 2022.  In a recent conversation with The Wall Street Journal, Costco’s senior vice president of finance and investor relations Bob Nelson laid out the company’s capital-expenditure plans for the upcoming year. The warehouse chain, which operates 828 stores globally, plans to spend $4 billion in fiscal 2022,...Read More

As with many other areas of the economy, the digital revolution is having a profound effect on delivery logistics. Drone shipments continue increasing worldwide.  The combination of mobile computing, analytics, and cloud services, all of which are fueled by the Internet of Things (IoT), is changing how delivery and fulfillment companies are conducting their operations. One...Read More

By Tyler W. McCoy, chief engineer at JR Automation Take advantage of advances in warehouse automation ― including advanced robotics ― to create flexible, robust supply chains that keep up with increasing customer demands. A radical shift in consumer behavior accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic has exponentially expanded the wide-scale adoption of e-commerce and online...Read More