Storage and Staging
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Materials handling: Intelligrated launches enhanced Service & Support HotlineModern Materials Handling Staff, January 29, 201024/7/365 hotline is now available for company's expanded product and service offerings. More
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Automatic guided vehicles: Robotic tuggerBy Lorie King Rogers, Associate Editor, February 1, 2010The Daimler Trucks North America parts manufacturing plant in Gastonia, N.C., supplies its assembly plants with components like battery boxes, clutches and brakes. This amounts to nearly 20,000 part numbers, totaling more than 30 million pieces each year. As the company was preparing for growth and implementing continuous improvement initiatives like just-in-time and 5/S, it needed a parts deli... More
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Warehousing & Distribution Centers: RFID revisitedBy Maida Napolitano, Contributing Editor, February 1, 2010It was understandable from the outset why the technology had quickly become a “media darling.” In its very basic form, an RFID system uses an inlay—consisting of a microchip and an antenna—along with a reader to communicate digital information about an object to which the inlay is attached. More
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MHPN Product of the Day: Clean room carouselsModern Materials Handling Staff, January 25, 2010Ideal for medical device, pharmaceutical and electronics industries, clean room carousels provide a controlled environment for storing and transferring high-value, sensitive parts. More
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MHEDA: MHEDA Edge helps readers select correct pallet rackLorie King Rogers, January 26, 2010Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association member offers advice on selecting the right pallet rack for any application. More
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Innovation: Distribution doing good at The Greater Boston Food BankBob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, January 28, 2010In its new 117,000-square-foot DC, The Greater Boston Food Bank is applying materials and information handling best practices to feed more than 83,000 people from underserved communities each week. More
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Distribution: Grocery giant Kroger changes the gameBob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, January 28, 2010Kroger is building store-ready mixed pallets in an automated environment that streamlines processes in the DC and in the store. More
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MHPN Product of the Day: Software monitors parts wearModern Materials Handling Staff, January 25, 2010Programmed to issue a notice when maintenance or system parts replacement is required, Daguard software works with the supplier's automated storage and retrieval systems. More
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MHPN Product of the Day: Monorail-based picking, delivery systemModern Materials Handling Staff, January 25, 2010For warehouses handling high numbers of pallets and order frequencies coupled with challenging sortation requirements, the automated System Vehicle Loop moves along a monorail to pick and deliver pallets to pre-programmed locations. More
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MHPN Product of the Day: Compact mini-load AS/RSModern Materials Handling Staff, January 22, 2010For compact applications, the Viaspeed mini-load handling device offers high throughput and high storage density for small parts warehousing. More
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Business news: Diamond Phoenix and System Logistics merge completeModern Materials Handling Staff, January 20, 2010The merger benefits customers with a wider mix of order fulfillment technology and service offerings. More
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Company News: Seegrid expands operations in PittsburghStaff, January 1, 2010Seegrid expands operations in Pittsburgh Seegrid Corporation (www.seegrid.com), a provider of industrial mobile robots, has announced that it is expanding and moving its Pittsburgh headquarters to a 30,000-square-foot facility near the Pittsburgh International Airport. The expansion, intended to better prepare the company for increasing demand and orders, will bring additional jobs to the area. More
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Voice is the right supplementBy Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, January 1, 2010When Schwabe North America designed a new 100,000-square-foot distribution center in Green Bay, Wisc., the manufacturer and distributor of food supplements and nutriceuticals wanted to take a fresh look at all of its materials handling. "In our old distribution center, we operated in an RF environment with bar codes," says Olaf Schwabe, the company's director of organizational development. More
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Fastenal uses automation for expansionBy Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, January 1, 2010Fastenal's revamped Indianapolis facility takes advantage of two types of automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) technologies and goods-to-the-person picking techniques to optimize storage and picking processes. Receiving and putaway: Fastenal requires its vendors to send pallet-level and carton-level advanced ship notices (ASN) to speed up the delivery process. More
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Fastenal focuses on the nuts and bolts of distributionBy Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, January 1, 2010
Mention nuts and bolts, and most people think about taking care of the basics. Fastenal has literally built its business around nuts and bolts, distributing industrial fasteners to original equipment manufacturers, maintenance and repair operations, and contractors around the country for more than 40 years.
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MHPN Product of the Day: AGVs reduce operations costsModern Materials Handling Staff, December 21, 2009Low-cost automatic guided vehicle technologies reduce operating costs and increase efficiency by helping to automate a facility. More
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RFID: Is it a flash in the pan?John M. Hill, vice president, senior consultant TranSystems, December 9, 2009Want to know where RFID stands in today's supply chains? Industry veteran John Hill looks at this year in RFID. More
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TODAY: Modern's virtual conferenceModern Materials Handling Staff, December 7, 2009Virtual tradeshow looks at trends in materials handling automation More
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Focus on Automated storageStaff, December 1, 2009More
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Big picture: From products to solutionsBy Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, December 1, 2009In September, nearly 400 materials handling and logistics professionals gathered at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah, for HK Systems' (262-860-7000, www.hksystems.com) annual logistics conference. In the lobby outside the conference rooms, a video demonstrated an automated materials handling solution in a beverage warehouse on a big screen display. More
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