New Media

By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 4/1/2000

Re-designed Web site

A re-designed Web site, www.timecondor.com, provides the latest information about the company and its product line which includes truck mounted platforms, self propelled scissor lifts, and self propelled articulated and telescopic booms. Browsers can view employment opportunities, press releases, upcoming events, and all of the regular monthly publications, including The Condor Flyer, The Parts Line, and The Tech Tip. In addition, the entire 2,000 parts pricing book is online.
Time Condor Corporation
254-420-5230

Buy materials handling equipment online

The first female owned and operated, worldwide, full-service materials handling company, Action Handling.com, is online at www.actionhandling.com. A full-line catalog serves all materials handling needs, specializing in industrial and commercial storage equipment. A customer service department answers questions regarding status of orders, delivery, scheduling, and billing. Sales personnel will provide free assistance in planning, design, and problem solving for your storage requirements.
Action Handling.com
616-866-9434

Hearing conservation video

Help employees prevent noise-related hearing loss with a new training video, Hearing Conservation: What Do You Want to Hear? The 14-min video educates and motivates employees to value and protect their hearing. Demonstrations of simple and sound personal protective measures and engineering controls stress that noise-related hearing loss is 100% preventable. Each video comes with a facilitator guide and 10 employee handbooks.
Summit Training Source, Inc.
616-949-4343

E-commerce fulfillment system

Capitalize on the emerging e-commerce market with Delivery NextDay.com, an Internet-based business-to-business express fulfillment system. The system provides an e-commerce solution that allows companies to sell their products online 24 hr/day. It is ideal for most industries and is suitable for companies needing to obtain spare and replacement parts in emergency situations. A button added to a supplier' s Web site links the customer to the system, where the customer can place and track orders online anytime and can be assured fast delivery times.
DeliveryNextDay.com
800-835-3298

Answer tough WMS questions

A new advanced version of a warehouse management system request for information (WMS RFI) list is now available. The WMS RFI has 700 detailed questions and is one of the most powerful tools available for speeding up the process of searching for a new WMS. The advanced RFI builds on the standard RFI, which offers 300 questions about WMS functionality, the software vendors themselves, and modules available from each vendor. Return and repair issues, error analysis, and 3PL issues are a few of the new questions addressed with the advanced RFI. The RFI is delivered as an unlocked Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Industrial Data & Information, Inc.
918-464-2222

Lean manufacturing video series

A new, three-tape video series highlights the benefits and basic principles of lean manufacturing. The 45-min series includes two case studies detailing how leading companies have successfully integrated lean manufacturing into their operations. Lean manufacturing is designed for company managers and manufacturing production and engineering managers in all industries. The series is available for $240 and individual tapes are $99. Ask for item code VT685.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
313-271-1500