JCPenney: Out the door in 5 minutes
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In many respects, that sums up the operations at JCPenney's sixth U.S. Retail Logistics Center (RLC), opened in July 2007 in Lathrop, Calif., not far from Oakland.
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Extreme crossdocking at JCPenney
JCPenney's Lanthrop, Calif., new facility relies on a 938-foot-long sliding shoe sortation system.
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Top 20 automatic data capture (ADC) suppliers, 2009
A strong start and a slow finish sums up 2008 for data collection technologies.
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Best practices: Optimize your receiving operation
Receiving is the gateway into a facility. Doing it right keeps your operation running smoothly, but miscommunication can cause a ripple effect through the entire operation.
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Equipment Report: Smarter sortation
In a competitive environment, it's not necessarily about moving products faster, it's about moving them smarter.
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Vertical lift modules (VLMs) shuttle parts
140-year-old oilfield products and service provider uses shuttle vertical lift modules to cut order picking time and free up floor space.
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Bob Trebilcock
RFID: Catching up with Mike Dempsey
Last week, I ran into Mike Dempsey at the MHIA fall meetings in Amelia Island, Fla. I’ve been talking to Dempsey about trends in technology, especially warehouse management systems and RFID, since the late 1990’s. More

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Lift truck OEMs: Buying into what they have AND what they do.
While visiting Crown Equipment Corp.’s headquarters in New Bremen, OH, last week, I toured the company’s manufacturing sites. The fact that Crown is a vertically integrated manufacturer and makes roughly 85% of its trucks’ components is old news. But what surprised me was...More

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