Modern Materials Handling Magazine Archives

January 2019 Modern Materials Handling

In this issue:

  • Flexible scalable design at Canadian Tire
  • Information Management: Next-generation data capture
  • Lift Truck Series: Lift trucks join connected enterprise
  • Equipment Report: Conveyors update
  • Best Practices: Inventory Management
One of Canada’s largest retail brands took bulk handling to new levels of automation and efficiency at its new Ontario DC.
Canadian Tire’s bulk handling facility brings together automation and conventional materials handling for a variety of products.
This month in Modern brings you inside the 1.5-million-square-foot Canadian Tire DC.
New types of “edge” technologies promise new options for real-time location insights. Learn how these emerging forms of data capture might supplement traditional AIDC as well as the importance of software platforms, analytics and applications that take advantage of real-time location data.
Manufacturers, dealers and users of lift trucks are jointly navigating a brave new world of lift truck integration with broader systems and processes.
In the face of unprecedented demands on equipment, facilities of all sizes are modernizing hardware, software and maintenance strategies.
There are no easy answers on this one. You have to dig in and figure out what matters to your supply chain strategy and customers. Get that right, and you’re ahead of the pack.
Our editors sat down with Ben Harris, Director of supply chain and advanced manufacturing for the Metro Atlantic Chamber to discuss On-demand delivery.
Companies are leveraging Internet of Things devices and analytics to shorten reusable tote dwell times and speed returns.
Battery maintenance headaches and their unique ability to sap money and productivity from operations have left many users considering low-stress alternatives.
Minnesota-based distributor sees improvements in fill times, error rates and training.
The warehouse is now filling twice the orders and has doubled capacity with the same footprint and labor requirements.
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