
What Is Manufacturing E-Commerce?
Manufacturing businesses have embraced e-commerce because it streamlines the process of purchasing and selling components and products to other businesses.

Food delivery giants fight back with on-demand grocery delivery
All eyes might be on the on-demand grocery startups right now. But the old guard of food delivery startups — Glovo, Delivery Hero, Deliveroo, Wolt and Bolt — aren’t just rolling over

The rise of the robot expert
As labor shortages strain the manufacturing and supply chain sectors, business leaders need to realize the value of the robot expert and how they can help solve these challenges.

Amazon patents trucks that unleash and direct fleets of delivery drones
With a near monopoly on delivery, Amazon is understandably keen to make the job easier. The latest idea that may or may not eventually see the light of day is a new patent for a system where delivery vans would carry items almost to their destination, then send out and direct ground drones to do the final drop-off.

Dextrous Robotics Wants To Move Boxes With Chopsticks
The nice thing about chopsticks is that they really can grip almost anything.

Supermarkets facing existential threat from ultra-fast delivery upstarts
The traffic/employment legislation dodgers reckons they could gobble up 50% of the grocery market

Sam’s Club unveils pilot where shoppers scan purchases and have items shipped home
Sam’s Club announced Tuesday it is testing a new app-based feature, Scan & Ship, that allows people to use a smartphone to buy items in the club and send purchases directly to the home.

Tyson invests in AI-enabled robotics firm to boost worker productivity
Tyson Foods has spent more than $500 million on technology and automation at its meat and poultry plants during the past three years to improve worker safety and bridge a labor gap that has grown due to the COVID-19 outbreak.


Walgreens investing in nationwide network of micro-fulfillment centers
Walgreens executives emphasize the effects of automating the labor it takes to dispense orders is the selling point for its strategy.

Ocado chief says online shift that’s still to go on is enormous
The online delivery specialist said it was planning to open more automated warehouses to meet elevated customer demand as it reported a 21 per cent year-on-year jump in first-half revenues to £1.32bn.

How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind?

Shock and au(tomation): How Covid is changing the warehouse fulfillment game
The rapid growth of e-commerce fulfillment volumes in the wake of the pandemic—coupled with labor shortages, labor capacity restrictions, and social distancing requirements—has driven lasting changes to the warehouse fulfillment landscape.

Is micro-fulfillment tech living up to the hype?
The expected rapid expansion by grocers of MFC technology, which seems made for the moment with its focus on quickly and efficiently assembling online orders in tight spaces, has not materialized at the level many expected.

Kroger: We will be able to reach three out of four U.S. homes thanks to digital growth
Kroger's latest push to grow home delivery through an alliance with the United Kingdom's Ocado using a planned network of highly-automated warehouses will offer home delivery to 75% of American households.

How Walmart is Using A.I. To Make Smarter Substitutions in Online Grocery Orders
Walmart has built technology to make the next best choice.

Kroger thinks using automation is more efficient than investing in stores
Kroger is betting its automated fulfillment centers and hub-and-spoke model will gain it a competitive advantage in Florida, but the bet has required a significant upfront investment.

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
In The Heart of Business, former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly shares how he revived the ailing electronics chain, offering a guide to leaders facing seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Meet Amazon's Newest Warehouse Robots
Bert and Ernie, Scooter and Kermit may have started out as warm and fuzzy Muppet characters, but now they’re part of Amazon’s team of warehouse robots as well.

'The Right to Laziness' - The Rise of On-Demand Grocery Deliveries
Companies are springing up all over the UK promising to deliver whatever you want in as little as 10 minutes. But what could we lose by never popping out for milk again?