Unprecedented pressures to fill complex orders, deliver orders on time, increase food safety, and reduce carbon footprint have made success a daunting task. These demands are driving logistics professionals to investigate automated options for their warehouses to help drive revenue growth.
Industrial Info Resources, Sugar Land, Texas, said North American food and beverage companies are planning more than $2.2 billion in expenditures specifically aimed at warehouse and distribution centers.
Americold, a global leader in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics, said it added Edward F. Lange, Jr. as chief financial officer and member of its board of directors.
Third-party warehousing and logistics provider Weber Logistics, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., said it hired Harry Drajpuch as president and CEO, effective immediately.