By Dan Cser Warehouses are getting fitter, faster, smarter, wonkier, increasingly nimble -- and more essential than ever. Let’s call it an “Extreme Makeover,” distinguished by physical and operational changes to shape up warehouses for a disruptive future of greater expectations and intensified challenges. This much we know for certain: The warehouse market is red-hot, ignited by the boom in online shopping, e-commerce and the so-called “Now Economy.” Real estate industry reports…
Quick Thinking Helps Chinese Company Make Seamless Entry to U.S. Market At ICAT Logistics DTW, we know how to solve problems – and help new businesses make a great first impression. You need only ask executives of a China-based startup – new to the U.S. market – who made an urgent call to us on the eve of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Their concern: No arrangements had been made to move prototypes of their robotic vans from a delivery truck to the floor of Detroit’s Cobo Center. Time was of the essence. The prototypes were arriving within…
Getting Hitched without a Hitch Our website and catalog of successful case studies typically spotlight the kind of work that we’re most often called upon to do: Moving big, heavy complex shipments across borders and around the world. It took a New York-based wedding planner to figure out that if we could handle the movement and reassembly of manufacturing equipment from Argentina to Mexico, maybe we could manage the logistics for a high-profile destination wedding in St. Bart’s. Instead of crating up a stamping press or door…
Our White Glove Solution to a Full Color Problem The problem was alarming, and expensive: Sensitive color printing systems shipped from the Far East were damaged before reaching a final destination in the United States. The customer need was clear: Find a solution. Quickly. And guarantee future results. The team at ICAT Logistics DTW responded with swift precision, tracing the process, isolating the cause of the damage and implementing a customized solution. Our troubleshooting determined that the equipment – secured in boxes six-feet-high…
Innovations in Warehousing Helping Businesses Keep Pace By Dan Cser Warehouses are getting fitter, faster, smarter, wonkier, increasingly nimble -- and more essential than ever. Let’s call it an “Extreme Makeover,” distinguished by physical and operational changes to shape up warehouses for a disruptive future of greater expectations and intensified challenges. This much we know for certain: The warehouse market is red-hot, ignited by the boom in online shopping, e-commerce and the so-called “Now Economy.” Real estate industry reports…
Electric Trucks are Charging Ahead in 2019 By Dan Cser We’ve been told for some time that heavy commercial electric trucks – including big rigs – are just around the corner. But when will electric trucks actually turn the corner and hit the highways in a big way? Increasingly, it looks like this is the year we will get some important answers. Electric truck makers are charged up by a growing list of orders and a batch of high-profile tests that will tell us much about progress on the most daunting challenges: range, power,…
Truckers are the Heroes of the Highways By Dan Cser America’s truckers have heart – miles and miles of heart. At ICAT Logistics DTW, we are struck almost daily by the concern, compassion and courage of the men and women who deliver goods to a nation. Time and again, we see reports of truckers who make life just a little better – sometimes saving the day – by going the extra mile for others. For us, it is a cause for appreciation and, at times, a source of inspiration. And it’s something we are pleased to share as…
