Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where Kevin Lawton speaks with Jonathan Miles of Nucor Warehouse Systems live from MODEX 2026. Nucor Warehouse Systems designs, fabricates, and supplies warehouse racking systems, ASRS solutions, rack-supported buildings, and other engineered storage infrastructure that support modern distribution operations.  

Miles shares how Nucor is investing in automation while supporting customers with engineered warehouse solutions. The discussion also highlights Nucor’s vertically integrated steel production model and the growing importance of recycled steel in the supply chain.

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where Kevin Lawton speaks with David Scheffrahn live from MODEX 2026 in Atlanta. Representing Ocado Intelligent Automation(OIA), Scheffrahn shares how the company is combining high-density storage, robotic fulfillment, AI-driven orchestration, and autonomous mobile robots to improve warehouse fulfillment automation. 

The conversation explores Ocado’s storage and retrieval system, its fulfillment software platform Ocado IQ, and a new AMR focused on pallet and case fulfillment. 

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where Kevin Lawton speaks with Courtney Jackson live from the MODEX 2026 show floor in Atlanta. Courtney shares how K. Hartwall approaches material flow optimization through connected cart systems, tugger trains, and its LiftLiner solution. 

From ergonomics and e-commerce picking to AGV integration and ROI analysis, Courtney explains how flexible cart-based systems can help warehouses optimize movement throughout the supply chain.

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where Kevin Lawton speaks with Rock Stars Matt Yearling and Erin Mitchell of YMX Logistics and industry analyst Bart De Muynck, live from MODEX 2026. 

The discussion covers technology enablement, autonomous yard operations, digital twins, safety culture, and the growing need for orchestration across the yard. The episode also highlights how YMX combines operational expertise with technology to help shippers create more value from an area many organizations still underestimate.

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where Kevin Lawton speaks with Mike Krabbe and Suneel Krishnaswamy from enVista live at MODEX 2026. The three of them explore how warehouse execution systems (WES) are helping operations connect automation, labor, and workflows into a more synchronized operation. 

From digital twins and interoperability to robotic pallet building and pick-to-light systems, enVista shares how companies can scale automation without creating disconnected systems or operational bottlenecks.

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast. Michael Lawrence, Director of Sales and Business Development from Anantak, shares a different approach to warehouse autonomy. Anantak has a deep focus on brownfield-friendly deployments, vehicle-to-vehicle interaction, and customer-driven engineering. 

The episode also highlights how Anantak’s technology navigates facilities without requiring major infrastructure changes inside warehouse operations.

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How do you top the tallest robot in the industry? Chris Coote, Director of Product at Dexory, caught up with The New Warehouse live from MODEX 2026 to explain how the company is doing just that with its new Dexory View Adapt platform.

The conversation also explores how AI-driven insights can reduce firefighting, improve visibility, and help warehouse teams shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive operational management.

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In this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin chats with Will Blount about the growing complexity of warehouse automation installation and why precision execution has become critical for modern facilities. 

Wize Solutions has spent nearly two decades supporting warehouse operations. More recently, the company has expanded into automation-focused mechanical installations for ASRS systems, dense storage solutions, and brownfield retrofits. The conversation explores how integrators, OEMs, and operators are approaching automation projects differently as facilities look to maximize existing space and minimize downtime.

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This episode of The New Warehouse Podcast takes a trip down the freezer aisle. Kevin chats with Collin Russell of TGW Logistics Group to explore how frozen and refrigerated operations are approaching automation differently from traditional warehouses. 

Russell shares insights into labor and facility upgrades related to cold storage warehouse automation. The discussion also highlights how automation decisions increasingly center on throughput, uptime, and operational resilience rather than simply reducing labor.

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Warehouse operators are under pressure to grow without expanding their footprint. In this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin Lawton speaks with John Sauer of OPEX live from MODEX 2026. The conversation explores how OPEX is approaching scalable warehouse automation through flexible goods-to-person systems, faster deployment timelines, and new automation capabilities inside existing facilities. 

The discussion highlights the ways warehouses are balancing throughput, storage density, labor reduction, and flexibility in today’s landscape.

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