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By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 8/1/2000

Outstanding practices

When designing new manufacturing and distribution systems, materials handling is a vital component to take into consideration. Due to the high levels of competition in industry today, research into better materials handling systems and practices is essential.

With that in mind, Progress in Material Handling Practice: 1999 compiles some of the best papers from the lengthy proceedings published for both the North American Material Handling Show and Forum 1998 and the ProMat 1999 International Show and Forum into a single volume. The book contains reprints of those papers selected to be the most outstanding by a panel of editors.
Material Handling Institute
704-676-1190

The most from your shop floor

Is your shop floor working hard enough for you? It may not be according to a new book, Fundamentals of Shop Operations Management: Work Station Dynamics . The 365-page book makes the link between the theory of work station dynamics and getting jobs out the door.

Eleven optimization techniques for maximizing work station output are covered. The book also explains what it calls the "two knows"-know how to make the product and know how long it should take to make it-as well as seven steps characteristic of successful manufacturing.

The book is available for $65. Ask for item PI-2857.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
800-733-4763

Make money with your shipping system

Transform your shipping room from a cost center into a true, tangible profit center. Mark A. Taylor will show you how in his book, Computerized Shipping Systems: Increasing Profit and Productivity through Technology .

With 20% new material, his revised book offers three additional chapters and a new company case study. It covers ways to increase shipping options while reducing costs, purchasing a computerized shipping system, and the inside story on what the carriers don't tell you.
Taylor Systems Engineering Corp.
734-420-7447

What matters most in product handling?

Learn about a new generation of custom materials handling and returnable packaging products in the brochure entitled, "What are the 7 most important concerns in product handling for the 21st century? "

Features include materials handling and returnable packaging options that fully integrate with your specific application, providing reliable solutions, the best value-per-dollar, and the ultimate level in product protection.
Creative Techniques, Inc.
248-373-3050