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Modex 2016: Returning to the Peach State, set to welcome 25,000+ attendees
The Georgia World Congress Center Hall B is preparing to host more than 25,000 visitors at Modex 2016—the materials handling industry’s premier trade show and educational conference this year, sponsored by MHI.

Syncing demand plans with WMS
Bringing the planning and execution worlds together is a classic problem, but one that can be solved with additional planning tools that sit between corporate forecasting and WMS.

Equipment Report: Conveyors and sortation keep up the pace
By staying ahead of the curve, facilities can increase induction accuracy, even as the sizes and shapes of packages continue to diversify.

Best Practices: Store-ready distribution evolves
Companies are recognizing the need to marry the interests of stores and distribution centers, but it’s not always easy to determine what is for better or for worse.

30-year old cabinets reused in Osram Sylvania’s mezzanine storage revamp
With minimal disruption, new and old cabinets reduce footprint and improve inventory management.

New mezzanine platforms, VRCs help Baker Distributing keep up
Successful mezzanine project duplicated in second warehouse.

Man-up lift trucks double productivity for Continental/Midland
Narrow-aisle equipment reduces touches and enhances operator comfort and safety.

Lift Truck Tips: Portals to a high-performing fleet
Fleet management can improve almost any fleet, but success depends on carefully collecting and delivering the most valuable data.

60 seconds with John A. Caltagirone, Loyola University
John A. Caltagirone talks to Modern about best and better practices in the supply chain.

Marshall Retail Group: Big throughput in a small space
Marshall Retail Group packed a lot of automation into a compact space to replenish a network of 160 retail locations. The result: lower fulfillment costs, faster inventory turns and room to grow.

Marshall Retail Group: Managing automation in a small footprint
At 64,000 square feet, MRG’s Las Vegas distribution center uses processes and automation typically associated with much larger facilities.

Retail and e-commerce operations chase accuracy and flexibility
New trends and solutions in the e-tail sector are pushing companies to be smarter about how they approach their warehouse, DC, wholesale, store and e-commerce business.

Lift Truck Series: Fuel for thought
The fleet of yesteryear enjoyed plentiful helpings of fuel and money to get the job done. Now that every penny counts, managers are keen to more precisely control each lift truck’s diet.

WES Solutions: More than a bridge
Warehouse execution system suppliers are offering higher-level functionality—such as waveless order processing, performance analytics and mobile apps—transforming WES into a configurable platform for warehouse operations management.

AGVs roll into the next frontier
In response to rapidly changing demands, autonomous vehicles of all kinds are making their way into the modern warehouse.

Mobile robot colleagues on wheels
Collaborative robots increase productivity and worker safety for high-mix, low-volume manufacturer.

Vertical storage gives distributor some breathing room
Shuttle vertical lift module increases productivity, accuracy and safety with the same headcount.

Modernized DC quadruples throughput
Global wine distributor’s new software, picking technologies and sortation system dramatically boost service levels.

Lift Truck Tips: For those about to lift
AC motors aim to eliminate the shortcomings of their DC predecessors and keep lift trucks performing deeds dirt cheap.

This Month in Modern: Big automation, small space
This month in Modern, we share a prime example of one of those “savvy, smaller operations” that’s packing a lot of automation into a compact space.


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