Just a reminder that I am going live today at 11am EST with Rueben Scriven of Interact Analysis to talk about warehouse automation trends coming out of the first half of the year. Join us on LinkedIn or YouTube. Bring your questions! If you can't make it but have questions, reply to this email and let me know. You'll be able to watch the replay later. Have a great day! Thank you, Kevin
10 days ago • 1 min read
First off, Happy Father's Day to the Dad's out there! I enjoyed mine with my son and my father the past two days. It's certainly my most enjoyable role to date! Coming up this week we've got two special events that I want to make sure you are aware of: Warehousing After Dark (virtual) is happening this Tuesday (6/23) at 8pm EST. If you've been on the fence about attending, it's an incredibly laidback atmosphere and everyone is there to just hang out. No constant pitching, no hunger to close...
12 days ago • 3 min read
Writing to you from beautiful Big Sky, Montana today! I've been away for the past few days on a non-work related trip for once and enjoying every second of resetting. If you have not been to Big Sky or Yellowstone, I would now rank it as a must do in everyone's lifetime. The natural beauty here is just unmatched and while you can take some incredible pictures here, they are just no match for the sheer scale of stunning views in real life. Part of this trip is to reset mentally as we start to...
19 days ago • 3 min read
There is one thing that keeps coming up in my conversations over the last few months and it's hygiene. Not personal hygiene but warehouse hygiene. If you know me, you know I love a clean warehouse and there are immense benefits to having an organized, shiny warehouse but the conversation is related to how hygiene is playing a factor in advanced technologies entering warehouse operations. It's particularly becoming important for robotic applications to work at their full capacity without...
25 days ago • 4 min read
This week I'm at Supply Chain Point with a group of 45 executives from the warehouse, distribution and fulfillment arena from multiple different industries. It's been a great event so far with today being the last day. Kicking off the event was Jim Tompkins as the keynote speech and he didn't hold back. He gave some hard truths about where companies need to be taking their supply chains in the next three years in order to have their companies survive. He covered the technology shifts that...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Last week I got the chance to attend the ShipHero Insider Summit for the second year. This is a great gathering of 3PLs of all sizes for some really insightful conversations on their current challenges, how they are navigating them and also what is on their radar. What makes this such a great event is the wide spectrum of 3PLs in attendance. From those with just 1,500 square feet that started a few months ago to those with multiple buildings and tons of square footage. It fills the...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
I have been all over the place lately and still in the middle of a busy travel season with a flight this evening to Cincinnati to visit with Kardex. Last week, I had the pleasure of being a speaker at ASCM San Diego's 2nd annual conference. It was a great gathering of professionals from all sides of the supply chain. There were a good amount of students in attendance as well which made for some really well rounded discussions. My talk was focused on how to develop orchestration within the...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Wow. That's all I can say about last week at MODEX. Each year whether it is ProMat or MODEX, I continue to be blown away by everything that is becoming possible within the four walls. Every year it is the best and busiest week of the year for The New Warehouse and rightfully so when so many of our audience is in one place. We conducted 44 interviews last week and I was just told this morning we captured 3.5 terabytes of video so it is safe to say we have a little bit of content coming your...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Today's the day! It's MODEX Day 1 and we're on site here in Atlanta gearing up for a big week of coverage. I'll be doing at least 40 interviews throughout this week and capturing some of the latest solutions to roll out for our industry. Here's where you can catch some of this live this week: Today at 10am EST we'll be live with the MHI ASRS Industry Group where I'll be talking with several group members specifically about the ASRS world. Join on LinkedIn or YouTube. Tuesday at 10am EST I'll...
3 months ago • 2 min read