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Is your business ready to face the threat of climate change? Warehouses and fulfillment centers may face an increasing number of supply chain disruptions and severe weather events that impact business as usual. Get out in front of these challenges and mitigate risk by increasing efficiency, lowering your carbon footprint, and building a more sustainable, more resilient supply chain.

Innovations in manufacturing, technology, and sciences have led to the development of more interesting and useful products. From medical devices to pharmaceuticals to consumer products, innovation has changed the way we live and created businesses worth billions. An essential factor in creating, launching, and delivering such products is quality management.

Mobile carts in the healthcare industry help medical professionals provide efficient, fast, and safe patient care. Having a well-equipped mobile medical workstation makes taking care of simple to complex procedures on the go much easier and less stressful on the patient, which can also save time and reduce errors.

Managing a warehouse will always be challenging. You must ensure smooth operations while tackling a variety of ongoing risks and problems at the same time. This can result in problems with order fulfillment, inventory accuracy, supply chain visibility, and much more. Here are some of the most common warehouse management problems and how your business can address them.

Supply chains have continued to recover after the turbulence and shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (as well as the ongoing US-China trade war and the Russian siege on Ukraine). Manufacturers and retailers must focus on building resilience in 2024 as they manage a vulnerable but slowly improving supply chain. Here are some risks that still exist in the supply chain and what we can expect as we head into 2024 and beyond.

The product that’s stored in your warehouses and fulfillment centers is essential to keeping your business thriving—but this only makes smart financial sense if you have what you need and not much more. Otherwise, your product will go to waste, and you will spend too much on warehousing space.

Customer expectations shifted drastically in 2023—but so did the way that many distribution and fulfillment centers worked to meet these expectations. Sustainability, speed, and customization are more important than ever. Here’s a look at what we can learn from fulfillment and eCommerce over the past year and how businesses are shifting their focus to adapt to new customer expectations.

Working in a warehouse environment poses unique safety challenges. With heavy machinery, tall racks, dangerous tools, and hazardous materials, warehouses need safety-focused policies and procedures to protect workers. While the definition of “safety” took on a much broader meaning at the start of the pandemic and led to many precautions that are no longer as critical as they were, it did help jump-start conversations on the broader role and need for a more structured and deliberate approach to safety enforcement.

Warehousing, distribution, and order fulfillment must continue to evolve to meet various challenges and changing consumer demands. Faced with expanding omnichannel options and the ability to leverage technology to address different inefficiencies, businesses in these industries have many opportunities for unprecedented gains. Here are some of the challenges still facing the warehousing industry and some top predictions for order fulfillment in 2024 and beyond.

From sweltering summer temperatures and frigid winters to powerful storms, flooding, and even wildfires, there are certain precautions (like having an emergency action plan) that can help keep everyone safe during a storm. Because of factors like scaffolding, large, open indoor spaces, electrical equipment, and heavy machinery, proper protocols during severe weather may be a matter of life and death.