Companies carry out manufacturing processes at various locations, even within the same factory. Each location requires raw materials and supplies to create finished products. The facility can store ...

A diagram shows how an ultrasonic wristband can track a warehouse worker’s position in relation to a given inventory bin. (Amazon Illustration via USPTO) Update for 9:30 a.m. PT Feb. 5: Amazon ...

It’s been proven that self-proclaimed “nerdy guys” can change the course of technology from the comforts of their own garages. But Bruce Bender, president of DigitalBins.com, doesn’t intend to build ...

If there was ever a question as to which side Amazon stands in the fight between efficiency vs. privacy, its new patent for a buzzing wireless wristband for its warehouse workers might give us an ...

A warehouse operation can be a valuable aid to speed deliveries and control costs for a small business, or it can turn into a constant headache. The secret to running an efficient operation is to ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The notion of just-in-time delivery systems, born in the 1960s as the brainchild of Toyota's Taiichi Ohno and known as the Toyota Production System, was adopted by other Japanese ...