Modern Materials Handling - May 01, 2009

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Automation: Grocery giant Kroger changes the distribution game
In the not so distant past, most grocery distribution centers made due with labor intensive, traditional materials handling technologies and processes. Pallets were moved by lift trucks and stored in racks. Mixed pallets were built the old fashioned way, with manual labor. For some leading grocers, those days are history.

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