Critical Issues

The sales of conductive bags are projected to rise at a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period. The conductive bags market size is estimated to be valued at US$ 2,250.59 million in 2023, and likely to be appraised at US$ 3,992.64 million by 2033.

Everybody is talking about Artificial Intelligence but what are its potential applications for warehousing and supply chain?

Edward Napier-Fenning, Sales & Marketing Director of leading supply chain software company Balloon, explores five key areas that can boost performance – including route planning, picking, labour management reporting and data entry.

Small e-commerce businesses are hugely reliant on the quality and timeliness of parcel delivery services to ensure customer satisfaction – and growing numbers are taking control of the process by bringing parcel labelling in house, as Jay Kim, Managing Director, BIXOLON Europe GmbH explains.

An AI image generator tool has predicted what the future of food labelling might look like for consumers and manufacturers.

The latest Government Business Insights report paints a gloomy picture of August’s trading. More than a quarter (27%) of all businesses revealed their turnover had decreased in August 2023 compared with the previous month – that’s 2% more businesses reporting a fall than in July.

With continued e-commerce growth, now more than ever, companies must continually re-evaluate their inventory needs, so they can reliably fulfil orders quickly and efficiently.

Piece-picking robotics is making big strides in the warehouse and with the aid of AI could soon be within the grasp of SMEs. Dan Migliozzi, Head of Sales at independent systems integrator, Invar Group, sets out where we are on the journey.

By Mattias Gredenhag, CTO, nShift.

Being a successful retailer used to hinge on having the best products and lowest prices. For more and more customers today, however, a retailer’s commitment to lowering their environmental impact is becoming a key factor.This is raising the stakes for multichannel and ecommerce retailers, with their carbon-intensive supply chains and last-mile delivery networks.

E-commerce sales of supermarket shopping, meal kits, specialist foods and raw pet foods have seen enormous growth in recent years. By 2025, it’s estimated that 21% of the total food and beverages market will be online sales. While offering great convenience for consumers and considerable opportunity for online food retailers and distributors, it does not come without its challenges in terms of sustainability of packaging materials, storage and distribution efficiency, and the all-important customer experience.

A new study suggests that Freeport East could become a new UK centre for transport decarbonisation. The study outlines how Freeport East can facilitate the international partnerships and investment necessary for the Green Hydrogen Hub to support maritime and wider transport sectors.

Freeport East includes the Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s biggest container port and the main destination for container traffic to and from Europe and the Far East.

According to Adroit Market Research, with a predicted 15.81% CAGR from 2021 to 2030, the global warehouse robotics market was valued at USD 4,400.03 million in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 15,793.0 million by 2030.