Automation

In Northern California, the nation’s largest distributor of wine and spirits has built a state-of-the art facility that sets a new industry standard for automated distribution.

Southern Wine & Spirits’ Northern California DC was designed to maximize throughput and accommodate growth for years to come.

Digital connections are spreading throughout the industry, enabling mobile, automated and real-time processes. But when opportunity overshadows security risks, new technologies can increase your exposure.

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.

As automatic data collection (ADC) technologies become affordable and ruggedized, a wider swath of logistics operations are turning to a range of equipment and software to gain efficiencies and meet the growing demands of their customers.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Scott Sopher at Deloitte about a recent survey conducted with MHI.

Sorensen brings more than 18 years of experience to drive the next phase of lifecycle support services growth.

In addition to assets in Spain, the acquisition includes Dinamic Manufacturing USA Inc, in Calhoun, Georgia, which will be renamed Vanderlande Manufacturing USA Inc.

Since 2003, when the U.S. lost 140,000 manufacturing jobs to offshoring, last year saw a net gain of more than 10,000 jobs.

Forum founder discusses challenges and opportunities.

Company donates batteries to support science, technology, engineering and math education.

Exhibition space was 76% larger, show attendees jumped 61%, and conference participants grew 63% over 2013.

The deal brings together a large global solution provider known for heavy automation with a smaller Midwestern integrator with software expertise.

Event to host 17,000 people ages 6-18 who will learn about potential career paths in automation.

FORTE plans, designs and implements material handling automation systems with warehouse execution software (WES) as the core of each solution.