Warehouses aren't just about shelves and shipments anymore. Now that we have advanced beyond the traditional warehouse logistics, accuracy matters more than muscle. And the award for the MVP goes to ...

The concept of the barcode — an alphabet made up of thick and thin bars — came into being in the 1950s. It took another quarter of a century for one to be printed on product packaging and scanned.

Companies are piloting a solution from software company ProGlove to track how efficiently goods are being stocked and picked from the warehouse each time workers scan a barcode on their glove. The ...