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Volume 6, Issue 6 |
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June 14, 2005 |
 Modern Materials Handling presents: 
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LATEST NEWS:
Distribution excellence – getting back to basics
While many search for the high-level cure-all to common distribution woes, John Hill, principal of Esync, has instead gone on the offensive, urging industry professionals to strengthen their warehousing fundamentals. ...More>>>
The future of retail distribution
What's next in retail distribution? ...More>>>
Manhattan unveils SCE application platform
In what it is calling an industry first, supply chain execution (SCE) software supplier Manhattan Associates unveiled its Logistics Event Management Architecture (LEMA) at its users conference last month. ...More>>>
Materials handling audit tool available
Just how good are your materials handling operations? If you don't know the answer, the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) has just released an audit tool that can help. ...More>>>
CARB set to establish lift truck emissions standards
Lift truck engine emissions, a small part of a major problem affecting air quality in California, are set to see some serious restrictions per order of the California Air Resources Board (CARB). ...More>>>
Building a culture of success
While some busy themselves with throughput metrics and order turnaround times, The Container Store is… celebrating birthday parties. The wildly successful retailer (average 20% growth every year since founding) takes a different approach at employee management. ...More>>>
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UPCOMING COVER STORY:
Automation: It's elementary
When Thomas Built Buses, a member of the Freightliner LLC group, designed the Saf-T-Line C2 school bus, it also designed a new assembly process to manufacture the vehicle. ...More>>>
UPCOMING FEATURES:
Rodale's book on customer service
Gains in the warehouse often include increases in storage capacity, throughput or labor productivity. And, when it comes to within-the-four walls improvements, Emmaus, Pa.-based publisher Rodale has accomplished all three by reconfiguring its aisles and putting in a warehouse management system (WMS). ...More>>>
Top 20 SCE suppliers
Since Y2K, the software industry in general has been challenged. And no where has that been more evident than among the largest suppliers of supply chain execution (SCE) software. And after an extended period when industry observers were predicting a broad consolidation of suppliers, the time has finally come. ...More>>>
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MORE FEATURES:
How palletizers stack up
If you haven't been keeping up with palletizers lately, now could be a good time. And while both conventional and robotic palletizers are focused on the same objective—uniformly stacking cases, bags and other units on a wooden or plastic pallet in a predetermined pattern—they get to that point somewhat differently. ...More>>>
Danka gets a lift
The San Leandro, Calif.-based imaging equipment distributor was experiencing pains when depalletizing loads… primarily in its back. ...More>>>
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