Does the USA have enough warehouse space? No, it doesn’t. In the next five to ten years you can expect many more warehouses to be built around the country to handle the ever-growing world of e-commerce. Machines, buildings, and people will be needed to handle all sorts of boxes and orders. If 2020 taught us… Read more »
Look around you and you’ll see a world changing at a frantic pace in all facets of life. This is especially true when it comes to business. It seems like we’re at a fork in the road where the companies who can adapt to changing technologies and incorporate them to help their businesses will leave… Read more »
Like all businesses, warehouses across North America have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For some industries, there have been severe, adverse effects that will leave scars among the companies who survive. For others, business has remained steady, but they’ve had to adapt to new realities that could become their new ‘normal.’ The latter could… Read more »
Globalization has made the commerce world smaller and smaller. These days, it’s not unusual for an item to be made in China and then shipped to and used in the USA. Or, perhaps, made in South Africa and used in France. The possibilities seem endless when it comes to worldwide commerce. How can the right… Read more »
The term drayage refers to a logistics service that carries freight over a short distance. As a part of intermodal shopping, drayage is especially important to the container shipping industry. How else would freight or containers get from, say, a ship to a rail car or from rail to a truck? Drayage is an essential… Read more »
More and more people (and businesses) order items online and then have them shipped to their residence or place of business. How can eCommerce order fulfillment in warehouses be optimized? Order fulfillment involves the whole process from the sale of an item to the post-delivery experience of the customer. Typically, there are several steps involved,… Read more »
Have you ever been to a store in January? It’s not too crowded. But if you’ve ever been to a store in December, right before Christmas, you know that it’s one of the busiest times of the year. The holiday shopping season is typically the time of year when most businesses see seasonal year-end increases… Read more »
There’s a warehousing “trend” that’s going around in logistics’ circles that says more warehouses are being built with an emphasis on smaller warehouses being built in urban areas. Is there any truth to that rumor or is it actually a myth? Thanks to the growth of online sales there are more and more products being… Read more »
Affiliated Warehouse Companies provides you with information on all aspects of public warehousing– at no cost or obligation to you! When you’re in need of a public warehousing resource, and want to know more about things such as site selection, insurance, and warehousing law, call us at 732-739-2323. We know about warehouses across North America,… Read more »
Running a business in the modern world, especially in the world we find ourselves in today, is complex. There are myriad things business owners and managers must worry about, often on a daily basis. As such, it’s vital to have professional partnerships you can rely on to help your company reach new heights and find… Read more »
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