Topic: Columns

For operations with multiple pack stations, automation can improve accuracy and productivity when handling pouches, envelopes and small parcels.

Crown invited me to its flagship service center outside Chicago for a demonstration of their technician training program.

While most high schools are focused on trying to prepare all students for college, many new graduates are underemployed while high-paying technical jobs in distribution and logistics are going unfilled. There has to be a better way.

Modern talks to a regional manager of lifecycle support services about encouraging young people to consider a career as a technician.

As adoption increases, efforts to clarify industrial equipment guardrail standards are underway.

Using the right printer for beverage marking can address the challenges of pairing ink to substrate while also securing product traceability.

This month, Modern is proud to offer you the fifth installment of our annual Lift Truck Issue.

Working smarter through the appropriate application of technology has been a running theme in Modern over the last few years—so much in fact that we’ve dedicated one issue a year since 2012 to a deeper understanding of technology adoption levels as well as the role providers are playing in pushing the trends.

Per-unit and per-operator fleet management practices continue to improve fleet efficiency, but many overlook opportunities to manage costs on a per-battery basis.

Today’s sensors can capture information that not only can be used to realize cost savings from streamlining operations and minimizing waste, but also improve customer satisfaction.

This month in Modern, we offer the latest installment of The Big Picture, one that illustrates how one of the savviest organizations in the world is taking a much-discussed theory and putting it into practice.

Rapid improvement suggests the lift truck could be among the most important things in the Internet of Things.

Using a wireless monitoring system of stretch film weight can reduce your operation’s downtime and costs.

The most wasteful service call is the one that didn’t need to be made in the first place.

Compatible with AIAG bulk containers, supplier-agnostic, handheld totes help automakers reduce freight costs.

Manufacturers, retailers and third-party logistics organizations are investing massive amounts of effort and money—in a very short period of time—to ratchet up systems automation, install collaboration software and deploy mobile technology across the enterprise that can keep up with the pace of our new world.

One in 10 calls to a service provider can be prevented if you follow a simple procedure.

Metal and X-ray detectors easily identify different proprietary detectable additives in plastic pallets, making it easier to ensure the safety of the product that’s being carried.

To come back from ProMat 2015 and simply say the mood was “upbeat” would be an understatement of substantial proportions.

Considering that MHI is expecting more than 35,000 warehouse, distribution and logistics professionals at ProMat 2015 in Chicago this month, there’s a good chance that you’re reading this column while taking a break from walking the show floor—which just so happens to be the largest in the trade show’s 30-year history.