Companies carry out manufacturing processes at various locations, even within the same factory. Each location requires raw materials and supplies to create finished products. The facility can store ...

A diagram shows how an ultrasonic wristband can track a warehouse worker’s position in relation to a given inventory bin. (Amazon Illustration via USPTO) Update for 9:30 a.m. PT Feb. 5: Amazon ...

This article originally published Feb. 2, 2018, and was updated Feb. 5, 2018, with a statement from Amazon. Warehouse workers often describe high-pressure environments, where a push for maximum ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The notion of just-in-time delivery systems, born in the 1960s as the brainchild of Toyota's Taiichi Ohno and known as the Toyota Production System, was adopted by other Japanese ...

The vibrating wristband will monitor a worker's hand movements and reduce time wasted searching for the correct inventory bin. Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered film and TV ...

The notion of just-in-time delivery systems, born in the 1960s as the brainchild of Toyota's Taiichi Ohno and known as the Toyota Production System, was adopted by other Japanese manufacturers in the ...