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October 27, 2026

Warehouse Security Checklist: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Checks

A practical warehouse security checklist covering facility access, inventory shrink, and WMS data, with daily, weekly, and monthly checks.

October 21, 2026

Why Labels Fail at Peak Season (and How to Fix Them)

Label generation issues are the single most common support ticket warehouses face. Use this practical pre-peak checklist to audit your integrations and hardware before the rush.

October 8, 2026

Card Walls + Pack-to-Light Case Study: Picking Time Dropped by up to 67%

At the denser wall, average picking time per order fell from 40 seconds to 13, and orders that ran clean from start to finish rose from 18% to 97%. This is the companion to our Direct Pack + Pack-to-Light case study, from the same research.

October 8, 2026

Direct Pack + Pack-to-Light Case Study

Wrong-bin picks down from 1 in 8 orders to nearly 1 in 120. The error reduction held at every station size. The picking time saving, up to 36%, depended on station size.

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September 1, 2026

Descartes Acquires Extensiv: What It Means for 3PLs

On September 1, 2026, Descartes Systems Group announced its acquisition of Extensiv for approximately $120 million. What was announced, what usually follows deals like this, and the questions Extensiv customers should put to their vendor before renewal.

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September 1, 2026

Compare Extensiv vs ShipHero | The Best Alternative

How does ShipHero’s Warehouse Management System stack up against Extensiv’s (a.k.a 3PL Central) Warehouse Manager? Learn more about ShipHero, its features and how it differs from 3PL Central.

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August 24, 2026

AI-Friendly WMS, Security-First: How to Evaluate Agent Access to Your Warehouse Data

Read-only by default, opt-in read-write. Scoped credentials. Field-level PII control. Revocable tokens. How to evaluate whether a WMS is safe to connect an AI agent to.

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