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Crossover Businesses: Blurring the Lines Between Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers
Download the report and uncover how to survive the new challenges businesses are facing and the technology required to keep pace.

Crossover Businesses: Blurring the Lines Between Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers
Download the report and uncover how to survive the new challenges businesses are facing and the technology required to keep pace.

How Ingram Micro Gets More Done, Faster
Download the whitepaper to learn how Apex Handheld Device Management Solutions helped Ingram Micro

Tompkins International announces new business unit, NexusFx
NexusFx toolsets enable CPG brands to build and manage DTC channels, along with getting access to critical first-party data.

Inventory Management in an On-Demand World
There are no easy answers on this one. You have to dig in and figure out what matters to your supply chain strategy and customers. Get that right, and you’re ahead of the pack.

Distributor improves workflow with voice-directed order picking
Minnesota-based distributor sees improvements in fill times, error rates and training.

Automated storage supports manufacturer’s growth
The warehouse is now filling twice the orders and has doubled capacity with the same footprint and labor requirements.

MHPN - Materials Handling 24/7 - Readers’ Choice Products of the Year 2018 winners announced
Nearly 3,000 readers voted in 12 categories for the best innovations in materials handling equipment to help you decide the best products for you warehouse and distribution center operations.

Order fulfillment at Educational Development Corp.
EDC brought in a WMS, lights, powered conveyor and sortation to write a new chapter in the book distributor’s distribution story.

Educational Development Corp. writes a new chapter in distribution
When business surged as a result of social media and a new distribution method, children’s book distributor Educational Development Corp. designed a new DC, bringing automation to the company’s processes. The result has been considerably more storage and a major improvement in productivity.

Delivering pills on demand: Automation and digitization in pharmaceutical market
New industry regulations, the consumerization of healthcare, and the persistent need to replace antiquated logistics approaches are pushing pharmaceutical companies to integrate more technology, automation and digitization into their end-to-end supply chains.

Big Picture: On-Demand Warehousing Prepares for Takeoff
It’s a simple concept. Warehouse space sized to a company’s immediate needs and located close to the final customer. That combination is making on-demand warehousing a powerful alternative to long-term warehouse arrangements for companies ranging from Fortune 100 to startups.

60 Seconds with…Nick Vyas, University of Southern California
A former supply chain executive, Vyas is the executive director and co-founder of the University of Southern California’s Marshall Center for Global Supply Chain Management and assistant professor of clinical data sciences and operations. MMH sat down with Nick to discus on-demand warehousing.

Brewery adds density, flexibility and control with end-to-end solution
Gantry cranes handle changes in SKUs, packaging and seasonal peaks while providing powerful software tools.

Service operations replace paper with visibility
Electronic work order system improves business economics and worker readiness during steady company growth.

Enterprise label management solution streamlines labeling operations
Manufacturer improves GHS-compliant labeling efficiency and accuracy with bar code label design software.

Order fulfillment system accommodates direct-to-store delivery
The system has improved Tropical Cheese’s order accuracy by up to 50%.

Lesley Cosmetics implements a new vertical carousel
The vertical lift carousel increased the distributor’s picking by up to 300%.

System Report: Luxottica keeps it simple
Simplification and consolidation drove the design of a new 1.1-million-square-foot logistics campus in Georgia, including a 713,000-square-foot distribution center.

Understanding the 3Rs of Robotic Piece-Picking
How do you decide which robotic piece-picking solution is best for you?


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Today’s robotic and data-driven automation systems can minimize disruptions and improve the life and productivity of warehouse operations.
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