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Optimizing labor performance is often the single biggest opportunity for productivity improvement and cost reduction in distribution. Attend this webinar to learn the best practices and technology you can use to control those costs and transform the way you direct, monitor and measure your workforce. You will see how those…
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Comprehensive coverage of the ergonomics of the material handling and warehousing industry providing information about workstations, lifting devices and positioning devices.
Materials Handling & Warehouse Ergonomics Resources
Get More from Your Warehouse, Workers and Infrastructure with a Portable Power SourceSafer Material Transfer in Your Warehouse or DCWarehouse Bar Code or Voice Pick Label and Sign Installation: 6 Steps to Successful InstallationEconomic Report: Is Your Warehouse Ready for the Upswing?Slotting Your Next Move - Improving Warehouse Picking EfficiencyErgonomics: Many hands make light work and safe workers
Posted 01/01 · 01:15 PM · MMH Editorial
Ergonomics program assembles teams to tackle high-risk jobs, cutting claims in half.
Year in Review: Top materials handling news in 2012
Posted 12/18 · 05:46 PM · MMH Editorial
Big acquisitions, a precarious economy and some new players change the landscape heading into 2013.
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Year in Review: Materials handling system reports from 2012
Posted 12/18 · 02:22 PM · MMH Editorial
A look back at Modern's system reports featured in 2012.
IDC Manufacturing Insights releases Top 10 Predictions for 2013
Posted 12/14 · 10:15 AM · LM Editorial
To support the productive enterprise, supply chains must embrace resiliency and become “massively multidimensional.”
IDC Manufacturing Insights Releases Top 10 Predictions for 2013
Posted 12/14 · 10:13 AM · MMH Editorial
To support the productive enterprise, supply chains must embrace resiliency and become “massively multidimensional.”
Safety Tips: Hearing protection important to overall worker health
Posted 12/01 · 01:19 AM · MMH Editorial
More than half of factory workers who believe their hearing to be good to excellent actually have suffered hearing loss—and don’t even recognize it.
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Intermec study shows distribution centers lose nearly 3,000 hours a year on unproductive workflows
Posted 11/30 · 02:21 AM · LM Editorial
Despite clear inefficiencies, many are reluctant to make change until the damage is done.
ProMat 2013: EASE Manual Materials Handling Workshop scheduled
Posted 11/29 · 10:41 PM · MMH Editorial
The Ergonomic Assist Systems and Equipment Council (EASE) of Material Handling Industry (MHI) is hosting its 3rd workshop “Engineered Solutions for Manual Handling Jobs” on January 23, 2013 at ProMat 2013 in Chicago, IL.
Intermec study shows distribution centers lose nearly 3,000 hours a year on unproductive workflows
Posted 11/29 · 09:33 AM · MMH Editorial
Despite clear inefficiencies, many are reluctant to make change until the damage is done.
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Staples takes steps to reduce packaging size, increase supply chain efficiency
Posted 11/28 · 02:47 PM · LM Editorial
In a move focused on sustainability and increasing supply chain efficiencies, office products giant Staples announced this week it has rolled out new packaging technology, entitled “Smart-size” packaging, which was developed by Packsize International, a provider of lean packaging systems.
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