Automotive

Automotive OEM Diversity Vuteq deployed an innovative WMS on iPads adapted for the DC. The result is improved quality and a satisfied customer.

Diversity Vuteq’s associates rely on a highly visual, iPad-friendly WMS to verify the accuracy of orders going to Toyota’s assembly plant.

Unified designs, manufacturers and markets overhead light rail workstations primarily used in automotive and other industrial applications.

New structure unifies more than 14 brands and business units.

A new sealed edge technology creates a more efficient alternative to using typical edge designs of plastic corrugated sheets used for divider sets that hold automotive parts.

Compensation continues to climb steadily upward in the materials handling industry, which is overwhelmingly populated with satisfied veteran employees.

Manufacturers respond to industry trend to color code bins and totes for inventory management.

Mezzanine expands into facility addition without disrupting daily operations for Mercedes-Benz.

At Toyota’s Kentucky assembly plant, automatic tuggers, carts and AGVs are part of a winning assembly system that competes on a global basis.

Automatic tuggers and carts are moving materials once handled by conventional industrial trucks.

Industry trade group reports more than 10,000 industrial robots for nearly $750 million sold in North America in the first half of the year.

The University of Michigan School of Nursing study found significant differences between measured and perceived hearing loss, and suggests health care providers need better methods of testing and protecting hearing among factory workers.

RMT Robotics adds MIBA as an official partner in the sale and promotion of ADAM mobile robots.

It’s been a rough road for the automotive industry, but production is increasing. To keep pace, auto manufacturers are focusing on lineside delivery strategies that get the right product to the right operator at the right time.

Zimbrick European parts department relocates and reduces storage floor space while increasing worker productivity by 70%.