Colby Cavanaugh, senior vice president of marketing at Seagull Software, argues that item-level traceability improves operational efficiency, mitigates risk, enhances sustainability and boosts customer satisfaction.

It's not easy bringing automation to a distribution center that's already up and running. Matt Kelly, director of business development with Hai Robotics, offers some tips on a successful implementation.

3PLs are under increasing pressure from customers to provide services with maximum efficiency and speed. Are they embracing the automated systems that they need to make that a reality?

Jeff Munsell, director of North American sales for supply chain with Vector Security Networks, identifies the gaps in warehouse security, and what it will take to close them.

The labor challenges confronting warehouses today are about more than simply finding and paying more bodies to do the work, says Dwight Klappich, vice president and fellow with Gartner.

Yard management system (YMS) software is developing rapidly, offering greater efficiencies and valuable data for that segment of the distribution supply chain, says Colin Mansfield, vice president with YMS.

Is the warehouse technology being deployed by "fast-fashion" apparel sellers up to the challenge of meeting customer demand? Supply chain professional Leslie O'Regan details some of the problems that stand in the way of successful tech adoption.

Vignan Velivela, chief executive officer and co-founder of AtoB, lays out the most pressing challenges that companies are facing in managing their fleets, and the potential of data to make possible deeper insights into operations.

Supply-chain disruptions are inevitable, so shippers need to have multiple plans to deal with those headaches, says Dennis Anderson, chief innovation officer at ArcBest.

Nate Endicott, senior vice president growth with Enveyo, explains how third-party logistics providers are meeting the challenge of scaling billing management as their shipper customers seek to grow their fulfillment activities.