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Early Edition - May 2006

-- Modern Materials Handling, 5/11/2006

 

  Issue Date: May 2006




Cover Story

Manufacturing
From good to great
With a lean manufacturing system and improved material flow, UPCO has gone from good producer to quality leader.
By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large

 

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Features

Special Report
Celebrating 60 years of materials handling
Sixty years ago this month, the first issue of this magazine was published. Here we look at what has happened in materials handling since May 1946.
By Staff

Equipment/Systems
The elephant in the warehouse
The huge issue of how to best store and handle bulky, heavy items often vexes DCs. The answer may lie in a building's height rather than its footprint.
By Sara Pearson Specter, Editor at Large

Productivity Solution
Voice speeds produce picking
Four Seasons Produce eliminated paper and improved accuracy and productivitiy.
By Noël P. Bodenburg, Managing Editor

Warehousing/Distribution
Crossdock for productivity
Belk's distribution center reduced the time it takes to move merchandise through the facility to just seven minutes.
By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large

Information Management
The new look of WCS control
Warehouse control systems are taking on the look and feel of warehouse management systems.
By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large

 

 

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