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Take ownership of your environment By David Martin, contributor to Modern, 5/1/2008
Demand for sustainable products and practices—and the logistician's response to it—isn't driven by environmental regulations alone. There are real operational savings available. For example, Herman Miller long ago developed minimal pack and blanket wrap options for the majority of our products instead of using corrugated and plastic. More
Pallet manufacturers By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
Learn which manufacturers produce the types of pallets you may need or use.
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Pallet lingo By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
Pallets, the base of most modern materials handling systems, do more than carry loads. Applied correctly, they can also protect their loads—as well as the supply chains through which they travel.
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NA08 offers ideas for going green By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
Attendees of NA 2008 in Cleveland last month may not have been overwhelmed with new ideas for making their facilities environmentally friendly, but this year's show did include more “green”-themed exhibits than ever before. Perusing the show aisles revealed numerous technologies for reducing packaging material and saving energy in distribution and manufacturing facilities.
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Pallet basics By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
You probably see them every day. However, the more you see something, the more you tend to take it for granted. Take pallets, for example. Simply, a pallet is a portable platform, usually made of wood, which facilitates the movement and storage of unitized goods. However, do you know how pallets help protect products from damage? We'll get into that, but first a bit more about pallet origins.
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Branded, reusable packaging totes By Staff - 04/23/2008
At Scholler Arca Systems (Booth 3045), a variety of smaller, handheld reusable plastic totes are on display.
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Distribution redesign at Urban Outfitters By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large - 04/01/2008
Just as Urban Outfitters is redesigning its processes to compress its overall supply chain, the new Reno, Nev., facility was designed to accelerate order fulfillment processes. Only 10% of the merchandise received at the facility will be stored in the reserve storage area. The rest will be crossdocked directly to the shipping area for delivery to another distribution center, or sorted to a pa...
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Takeaways Tom Andel, Editor-In-Chief, Modern Materials Handling April 24, 2008 Build your own lifeboat
The NA2008 Material Handling Show is over, but its memory lingers on. Good ones too. ... More
Company Briefings Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large, Modern Materials Handling April 15, 2008 Building the better unit load
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Or, so the sayi... More
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