Increase productivity: Advanced picking techniques and technologies
IIs picking your bottleneck? Now may be the time to go beyond traditional picking. Here’s a look at automated and semi-automated technologies that improve the productivity and accuracy of picking operations, as well as slotting solutions for more efficient storage.

best practices articles of the month

• Order picking: Beyond the basics
  Want to get more out of your warehouse operations? Advanced picking techniques and technologies can improve productivity and accuracy.
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• Slotting: The secret to optimized picking
  Too many companies take a once-and-done approach to slotting. But done right, slotting can add years to the investment you've already made in your materials handling system.
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• Order picking cannot be an afterthought
  Follow industry veteran John Hill's five steps and figure out which type of picking will work best for your facility.
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blogs

• MH vendors learning to be labor enablers
  Takeaways by Tom Andel , Editor-In-Chief, Modern Materials Handling
  When members of the Material Handling Industry of America convene for their Spring and Fall meetings, they usually talk about technology developments. This year’s fall meeting was different.
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• Who says yes to automated materials handling solutions?
  Company Briefings by Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large, Modern Materials Handling
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