Forklift Friday Fast 5

Welcome to Lift Truck Supply’s Forklift Friday Fast 5. Each week we will be sharing articles from around the web to keep you up to date on the latest news, technology, and interesting happenings in the material handling, distribution, logistics, and supply chain arena.

Check out what we are reading this week and get in the know!

  1. How much will Amazon move the needle on last-mile logistics?

    The e-commerce giant could introduce both competition and relief to UPS and FedEx — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

  2. Omnichannel Multiplies the Challenges for Distribution-Centric Supply Chains

    Companies have some big decisions to make about when and how to invest in realigning their supply chains to accommodate an omnichannel pipeline.

  3. The Key to Logistics Visibility: Connecting Things

    The Internet of Things (IoT) attempted to improve logistics visibility by connecting fleets to help gain control over shipments. However, these solutions miss the mark.

  4. Four management strategies for retaining labor

    Distribution center managers often feel like they’re caught between two inexorable forces: rising demand for fast, accurate order fulfillment and a shrinking labor pool that makes it hard to find employees to do the work…

  5. Following a Tuna from Fiji to Brooklyn—on the Blockchain

    Each stop on the fish’s journey, from the landing dock to the processing facility to the truck that drove it to Brooklyn, had been cataloged. The demonstration, organized by the startup Viant, was meant to showcase one of the potentially most compelling use cases for blockchain technology,

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