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Lodge Manufacturing forges e-commerce capabilities to bolster brand, customer experience
"The benefit is the ability to have product in more locations visible to more people. We believe when people know more about our products, they will be more likely to buy."

Made From Scratch: Manufacturers set sights on direct-to-consumer (D2C) fulfillment
A predictable fold in the supply chain sees more manufacturers - at the behest of their top retail customers -pursuing direct-to-consumer fulfillment capabilities, a trend that is as challenging as it is rewarding.

Measuring the realities one step at a time
Find out what is happening this month in Modern Materials Handling

Low-cost telematics solutions brings visibility to small fleets
Initially geared toward large fleets, detailed data capture and analysis tools are now more accessible than ever. Lift Truck Data Capture, Lift truck analytics, Tips for Lift Truck Management

60 Seconds with John Krummell, Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI), CEO of Advance Storage Products
Modern editor's sat down with John Krummell to discuss Racking technology solutions

NextGen Supply Chain at DHL
Here’s how one of the world’s largest 3PLs is looking to tomorrow’s innovative technologies, including heads-up display and robotics, to transform its operations today.

Conveyors & sortation: Carrying the e-commerce burden
In a case-quantity world, conveyor was king. E-commerce, poly bags and the need for incredible flexibility posed a brief challenge, but convey and sort technologies have reclaimed the crown.

Big Picture: On the path to lights out
There may not be many plants and warehouses operating in the dark these days. However, many facilities are clearly on the path to lights out, balancing automation and labor to find the right mix of lower costs and better customer service.

Lift truck battery management delivers staying power
Charged with cutting waste, many fleet owners are finding battery management practices have plenty of room for improvement.

60 Seconds with Pieter Abbeel, professor at University of California Berkeley
Modern Materials Handling staff sat down with Pieter Abbeel to discuss the state of the robotics industry.

Lift Truck Tips: Attachments work smarter, not harder
Parallel to advances in lift truck sophistication, attachment manufacturers have worked to make their products more intelligent efficient and user-friendly. Fork Lift Accessories make lift trucks more efficient.

Modex 2018: Positive vibes abound
By all reports, the majority of the U.S. leading economic indicators are pointing to a fairly robust year, as manufacturing is growing; consumer confidence continues to climb; and the National Retail Federation just projected 2018 retail sales to head up 3.8% to 4.4%, adding that e-commerce sales are projected to jump up 10% to 12% during the next 12 months.

Trinchero Family Estates: Pallet handling in the vineyard
The second-largest family-owned wine company in the world turns to automated pallet handling and storage for its winemaking and distribution operations.

Lift Truck Tips: Maintain the Lift Truck Fleet, Sustain the Business
Once a fleet is wrapped in a layer of data collection, it can be connected to warehouse and labor management to drive improvements.

60 Seconds with Tom Carbott, MHI
Modern's staff sat down with MHI's Tom Carbott to discuss the upcoming Modex Show 2018

PFS: Small steps and a sense of fearlessness
Modern has maintained a heavy focus on the new processes, technology and automation that’s necessary to improve item-level picking and handling on the way to meeting today’s ever-finicky e-commerce service demands.

System Report: Automation from receiving to shipping
PFS’s freezer warehouse in Washington relies on automation to speed pallets from receiving to storage to shipping.

Preferred Freezer’s New Take on Automation
PFS built one of the largest and most automated AS/RS freezers in the world in Washington state. Next up is a new design for automation. Automated Storage/ Automated Retrieval System, Cold Storage.

Lift Truck Series Part 1: Lift truck technology connects pickers to productivity
Mobile, connected and critical to the movement of goods, the modern lift truck and picker are helping unlock the next level of productivity. Technology for lift trucks, ergonomics in lift trucks, Internet of things in the warehouse, Interconnected Lift Trucks

Automated Storage: How to grow operations?...Make them smaller
Five case studies highlight how operations both big and small improved density, throughput and customer satisfaction with automated storage solutions.


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