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Insights / Resources

• Nine Future State Supply Chain Requirements
• 8 Distribution Network Business Case Questions to Ask
• ProMat 2023 Insights: Integrated Robotics Direction Seems Well-Matched to the Time
• Building an Automation Business Case for 3PLs
• Sustainable Slotting Elevates Distribution Capabilities
• White paper: Maximum availability in the cross-belt sorter system
• InPerson Interview: Rob McKeel of FORTNA
• Environmental, Social and Governance in the Supply Chain: Driving Value
• Environmental, Social and Governance in the Supply Chain: Top Priorities and Best Practices
• Environmental, Social and Governance in the Supply Chain: Role and Responsibilities
• White paper: How to improve safety into your sorting centre
• Boston Scientific Optimises Inventory with Fortna OptiSlot DC™ Software
• 5 Trends Supply Chain Professionals Will Continue to Monitor
• Rise Above the Returns Tsunami
• Video Case Study: Vistar
• 8 Steps to Optimise Returns
• A New Perspective on Lights Out
• Coming to a DC Near You: Robotics and Automation
• Returns System Upgrade Sets Up Internetstores for Continued Growth
• Ship From Store: The Next Evolution of Omnichannel
• Taking Stock of Food and Beverage
• Building Resilience in the Face of Supply Chain Disruptions
• An Intellectually Honest Approach to a DC Design
• Digital Transformation: A New Risk Assessment Perspective
• Labour Challenges, Trends and Practical Strategies
• Twelve Questions to Ask Before Deploying Ship from Store
• Investments in Resilience Require Shorter Planning Horizon
• Seven Types of Warehouse Robots: Considerations for Leveraging Robots in the DC
• Before Pursuing Micro-fulfilment, Consider These Four Things
• Shifting eCommerce Landscape Calls for New Look at Network Strategy
• Ten Last Mile Strategies for Peak
• Five Smart Ways to Ride the Surge of eCommerce Returns
• Six Things to Consider Before Implementing Micro-fulfilment
• Scaling Your Network for eCommerce: A Data Driven Strategy
• eCommerce Shift Requires New Look at Network Strategy
• Fortna Improves Distribution Operations with AutoStore Solution
• Six Things You Can Do to Make Returns a Competitive Advantage
• Shift in eCommerce Requires a Quick Pivot to More Agile Operations
• Unlocking the Value of Digital Fulfilment: WES as a Platform for Flexibility
• Designing for Business Continuity in Times of Disruption
• Growing Wave of eCommerce Returns a Challenge to Profitability
• Fortna Solution Design Guiding Principles
• Unlocking the Value of Digital Fulfilment: Real-Time Systems Orchestrate and Optimise Complex Distribution Operations
• Micro-fulfilment: Increasing Responsive Fulfilment
• Designing for Business Continuity in the Next New Normal
• Redefining Retail with Fortna & AutoStore
• Unlocking the Value of Digital Fulfilment: The Evolving Warehouse Tech Stack
• Video Case Study: TTI Americas
• Key Trends that Will Change Your Distribution Strategy
• Decisions to Make When Implementing a Goods-to-Person System for eCommerce Fulfilment
• 10 Ways Amazon is Changing Your Customers' Expectations
• Interview with Fortna CEO Rob McKeel
• AutoStore: Empowered by Fortna
• Distribution at a Pivot Point: Addressing the Labour Problem
• Is Micro-Fulfilment Right for Your Company?
• 11 Key Questions When Adding a Distribution Centre
• Video Case Study: L.L.Bean
• Distribution at a Pivot Point: Building the Business Case for Automation
• Autonomous Robots in the Distribution Centre: Are They a Justifiable Investment?
• Distribution at a Pivot Point: Choosing the Right Automation Technology for Your Business
• Seven Truths about the Business Case for Collaborative Picking Robots
• Footwear Retailer Designs for Speed, Flexibility and Capacity
• The Automation Pivot Point
• Journey Toward Automation
• Amazon: By the Numbers
• 7 Steps to Getting Board Approval for your Distribution Project
• Bulking up at Canadian Tire
• Nine Things to Consider Before Starting a Retrofit Project
• L.L.Bean: A Century of Keeping Pace with Customers' Evolving Needs
• Tipping Point Analysis: A Surefire Way to Get Project Approval
• Transitioning Autonomous Mobile Robots from the Lab to the DC
• New Era Grows Business with NFL License
• Warehouse Automation Needs This Software to Reach Its Full Value
• MSC Drives Customer Service Up and Cost Down
• Should We Outsource Fulfilment or Invest in Distribution as a Core Competency?
• Bots Will Transform Your Distribution Operations – But It’s Probably Not the Way You Think
• The Changing Face of Warehouse Change Management
• The New DC: How Technologies are Changing Distribution Design
• Grocery DC Modernisation Enables Growth
• Journeys Expansion and Modernisation Flexibly Supports Growth and Drives Competitive Advantage
• Retail Returns: Addressing a Growing Challenge Head-On
• Heavy-duty Growth Demands a Heavy-duty Distribution Operation
• How Can We Improve DC Workforce Performance?
• How e-Commerce & New Technologies Have Transformed DCs
• Discount Retailer Doubles Capacity to Keep Pace with Growth
• Building Flexible Distribution Options for an Uncertain Future
• 7 Omnichannel Lessons Learned from the World's Top Brands
• Accelerating Fulfilment: What is Your Strategy for Speed?
• Autonomous Mobile Robots - Lessons Learned from Implementation
• New Era Cap Company Video
• Seven Steps to Getting Board Approval on your Distribution Project
• O’Reilly Accelerates Network Growth with Acquisition
• Case Study: South African Retailer Mr Price
• Push vs. Pull: How Pull-driven Order Fulfillment Enables Greater Flexibility in Distribution Operations
• ASICS New Highly Automated DC as seen in DC Velocity
• A Case for SKU Management: The Implications of SKU Proliferation
• Clicks DC Retrofit Drives Cost Savings and Improvements
• Should Your Next DC Be in an Urban Shopping Centre?
• Eleven Steps to Aligning Your Distribution Network for Competitive Advantage
• Video Case Study: Pepkor Speciality
• Seven Important Things to Consider When Evaluating WMS Vendors
• Hiring for Peak: 10 Ways to Improve a Seasonal Labour Strategy
• Forget Everything You Know About Distribution Network Strategy
• Carter's Video - Atlanta Business Chronicle
• Building a Business Case for Material Handling System Investment
• Medical Device Distributors Adopt Direct-To-Consumer Model
• Industrial Distributors: How to Gain Competitive Advantage from Market Disruptions
• eCommerce Shift Requires New Look at Network Strategy for Industrial Distributors
• Data-Driven Logistics Webinar

Solutions

• Sortation
• Slotting
• Cross-Docking and Returns
• Central Hub/Last Mile Depot
• FORTNA WCS™
• Packing and Shipping
• Picking
• Conveyor Systems
• AGVs and AMRs
• Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
• Goods-to-Person (GTP)
• Robotics
• High-Density Storage
• Omnichannel Fulfilment
• e-Commerce Fulfilment
• Micro-fulfilment

Fortna Software

• FORTNA OptiSlot DC™
• FORTNA WES™
• FORTNA WCS™
• Alliance Partners

Industries

• Retail and Apparel
• Third-Party Logistics
• Sporting Goods
• Life Sciences
• Industrial Distribution
• Footwear
• Grocery
• Food and Beverage
• Electronics
• Consumer Packaged Goods
• Aftermarket Parts
• Parcel

News

• FORTNA Automates New Budbee e-Commerce Parcel Hub in Sweden
• Rob McKeel, CEO of FORTNA, Named 2023 Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine
• FORTNA Named Finalist for 2023 MHI Innovation Award
• FORTNA Named Top Workplaces USA by Energage
• Dr. Russell D. Meller, FORTNA Principal Scientist, Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
• FORTNA HC-Loop Double Cell Sorter Wins Product of the Year Award
• Brian Finken, Jeff Cashman and Tom Liguori to Join FORTNA Executive Team
• Fortna and MHS Global will now be known as a single company, FORTNA
• MHS/Fortna Appoints Jim Hilderhoff Senior Vice President, Distribution and Fulfilment
• Fortna and Fortna | Optricity Recognised in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supply Chain Execution Technologies, 2022
• John Alexis Joins Fortna as New Chief Information Officer
• MHS and Fortna to Combine to Create Global eCommerce and Logistics Automation Leader
• Two Fortna Associates, Falk and Gue, Named “2022 Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine
• Fortna Announces Acquisition of Optricity, Expanding Its Warehouse Optimisation, Analysis and Performance Improvement Offering
• Fortna Increases Investment in Science and Technology Centre for Innovation
• Fortna Recognised as Top Workplace for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Fortna Names John Dillon as Executive Vice President of Operations
• Introducing Fortnaparts.com, a Premier MHE Parts and Service eCommerce Website
• Fortna Expands Leadership and Development Rotation (LADR) Career Programme
• Bryan Duncan Joins Fortna as Vice President Sales, Lifecycle Services
• Fortna Powers Omnichannel Fulfilment with Expanded WES Capabilities
• Fortna Recognised by Clients as Great Supply Chain Partner
• Fortna Announces New Network Strategy Tool to Enable Resilience
• Fortna and Journeys Partner to Drive Omnichannel Transformation Success
• Fortna Names Ted Dunham as Chief Revenue Officer
• Fortna to Highlight Omnichannel, eCommerce, and Click and Collect at LogiMAT.digital
• Fortna Announces Leadership and Development Rotation (LADR) Programme
• Fortna Develops Calculator to Estimate Labour Savings with Goods-to-Person Technology
• Fortna Announces New Global Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia
• Fortna Announces Rebrand Initiative Featuring New Logo and Website
• Fortna Client and Associate Named as 2020 DC Velocity Rainmakers
• Fortna and its Associates Contribute to Global COVID-19 Relief Support
• Fortna Offers New Strategic Service for Companies to Assess eCommerce Fulfilment Technologies
• Fortna Inc. Appoints Robert McKeel as New Chief Executive Officer
• AutoStore Announces Newest Distribution Partner, Fortna Inc.
• Dr. Russell D. Meller, Fortna, Vice President Solution Design and Research and Development, Elected to National Academy of Engineering
• Fortna® Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of its Award-Winning Overall Well-Being Program
• Fortna Announces Acquisition of Pierau Planung
• Fortna Announces the Next Major Release of its Warehouse Execution Software Platform: FortnaWES™ 2020 R1
• Fortna Client Named as 2019 DC Velocity Rainmaker
• Thomas H. Lee Partners Announces the Acquisition of AutoStore
• Fortna Continues Tradition of Charitable Donations and Giving Back to the Local and Global Community
• Fortna Announces Investment from Thomas H. Lee Partners to Accelerate Growth

Events

• ProMat 2023
• Körber Elevate Americas 2023
• IntraLogisteX 2023
• LogiMAT 2023
• Manhattan Momentum 2023
• RILA LINK 2023
• Parcel+Post Expo 2023

Team

• Antonio Amadasi
• Mary Neff
• Ben Lacy
• TJ Franco
• Pei Zhang
• Thomas van Workum
• Christian Lahnsteiner
• Jeffrey Cashman
• Brian Finken
• Tom Liguori
• Chuck Grissom
• Chris Zimmerman
• Jim Hilderhoff
• Bryan Duncan
• Dan Basmajian
• John Alexis
• Brad Anderson
• Darren Jorgenson
• Ted Dunham
• John Dillon
• Cheryl Falk
• Chris Slover
• Rob McKeel
• Andrew Breckenridge
• Ted Dunham
• Keith Bauer
• Robert McKeel
• Marc Austin
• William King

Blog

• Downstream optimisation to improve last mile performance
• Tips to Maximize Your AS/RS Investment
• 4 Best Practices for Warehouse Spare Parts Success
• 5 Reasons to Invest in Slotting Software
• 5 Reasons to Visit FORTNA at ProMat
• Ten Optimisation Opportunities for Operations in 2023
• Relieving the Pressure of Returns
• Retire the Woes of Spreadsheet Slotting
• Leveraging Data to Identify Capacity in Your DC
• What are the Top Robotic Systems and Which One is Right for You?
• Reduce Disruption to Improve Distribution for Peak
• Digital Twin Technology in the Warehouse
• 4 Strategies to Optimise Labour
• Optimise Operations While Managing Downtime Risk
• Optimising Operations: Step One
• Assess and Optimise Distribution Operations
• 7 Steps to Optimising a Distribution Operations Strategy
• Returns: The eCommerce Hangover
• Meet the CSCO - The Rising Rock Star of the C-Suite
• Automation is Key to Solving Labour Challenges
• Jump The Disruption Curve with Resilience 2.0
• Predictive Maintenance: The Key to Reliable, Resilient Operations
• Robots as a Service: Is It for You?
• Leveraging Robots in the DC
• Overcoming Labour Challenges
• Recalibrating the Business in Times of Disruption
• Invest in Resilience
• Business Continuity in the Face of Disruption

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Topics

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• eCommerce
• Emerging Technology
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