03/08/20236 Ways to Enhance Your Online Order Fulfillment Reading Time: 3 minutes A guest blog post by Steve Syverson, Senior Director of eCommerce Sales at NFI eCom 1. Utilize a fully integrated tech stack With each online purchase, an order fulfillment process kicks off. A great customer experience throughout the fulfillment process can lead to customer and brand loyalty. It’s essential to have an order management system… Continue reading 6 Ways to Enhance Your Online Order Fulfillment
12/13/20222022 NFI Wrapped 2022 NFI WrappedReading Time: 6 minutes 90 Years of Excellence: A Story Still In The Making This year, NFI celebrated its 90th Anniversary, a milestone only made possible by the dedication of our people and partnerships with our customers. Since 1932 we’ve worked to build a culture that empowers employees, embraces innovation, and reinforces our commitment to customers. We thank those… Continue reading 2022 NFI Wrapped
11/04/2021Houston: A Pioneer of Logistically-Centered Cities Reading Time: 4 minutes As NFI continues to grow its North American logistics footprint, Houston has emerged as a leading supply chain hub. The area serves as a distribution hotspot with its intricate interstate highway, railroad systems, and access to major seaports for global trade. Houston is a top-ranked market for transportation, distribution, and all aspects of the supply… Continue reading Houston: A Pioneer of Logistically-Centered Cities
07/16/2021The Dallas-Ft. Worth Distribution Advantage Reading Time: 5 minutes As the world regains its footing post-pandemic, the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area continues to grow economically. One of only two large U.S. metros to post three-year job gains, the Dallas region is recovering to pre-pandemic employment levels faster than all other large U.S. Metros.[1] Dallas ranks as the ninth-largest city in the United States with… Continue reading The Dallas-Ft. Worth Distribution Advantage
02/16/2021Industrial Real Estate 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 6 minutes Industrial Real Estate 2021 Outlook Featuring Michael Landsburg, Chief Development Officer at NFI What do you think will be in store for the logistics real estate market in 2021? As we look ahead to 2021, certainly on the industrial and logistics real estate side, we see continued growth in the market, demand for our space,… Continue reading Industrial Real Estate 2021 Outlook
02/08/2021Supply Chain Labor 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 4 minutes Supply Chain Labor 2021 Outlook Featuring Nancy Stefanowicz, EVP, Chief Human Resource Officer at NFI What do you think will be in store for the industry in 2021? All human resource (HR) professionals in 2020 have learned how to work through disruption. I think of 2008, the year the finance teams came into the forefront… Continue reading Supply Chain Labor 2021 Outlook
02/01/2021Distribution 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 7 minutes Distribution 2021 Outlook Featuring Bill Mahoney, EVP, Chief Commercial Officer What will be in store for the distribution industry in 2021? In 2021 we will always have some space, but I think overall the business will continue to be fairly tight. The real estate market also remained fairly tight and I think 2021 will be… Continue reading Distribution 2021 Outlook
01/08/20212020 Supply Chain Innovation Year in Review Reading Time: 9 minutes Year in Review: Supply Chain Innovation 2020 Jimmy Shafer, SVP Integrated Design & Solutions How would you summarize your experience with innovation and engineering in the supply chain industry this past year? From an engineering perspective, it really was about discovery and design. If you think about customer challenges, there are a lot of changing… Continue reading 2020 Supply Chain Innovation Year in Review
10/04/2020Digital Twin – The Key for Proactive Supply Chain Planning Reading Time: 5 minutes Guest Blog Post: Felipe Molino, Director of Solutions Engineering and Chris Pryer, Senior Scientist, NFI Disruptions have become commonplace in the supply chain industry. For years, natural disasters and ever-changing regulations have highlighted company and industry instability. Most recently, companies were proven ill-equipped to manage significant and immediate change after the global COVID-19 pandemic caused… Continue reading Digital Twin – The Key for Proactive Supply Chain Planning
02/12/2019Tips to Operating a Safe Warehouse Reading Time: < 1 minute In warehouses, workers face accidents related to forklifts, stacking of products, improper equipment use, inadequate fire safety provisions, and even repetitive motion, among many others. The warehousing industry experiences nearly 15,000 injuries and illnesses each year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.1 To help decrease these accidents, warehouse operators should always promote and… Continue reading Tips to Operating a Safe Warehouse