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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
