Modern Materials Handling - April 01, 2009

Features

Fisher Nuts: WMS cracks into manufacturing success
When John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc., manufacturer of the Fisher Nuts and various private label brands of nut products, reconfigured a 1.06 million square foot complex in Elgin, Ill., for its new corporate headquarters, it made conventional use of materials handling technologies and unconventional use of its warehouse management system (WMS).

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