Intelligrated

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

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

New senior operations planner and consultant Fernando Meneses brings 15 years of experience in materials handling.

Building on their success in 2013, the Top 20 sustained growth in 2014 and are on track for continued improvement this year.

Demand for solutions in food and beverage applications among growth drivers.

Conveyors, shuttles and robots were on display, but as with last year's Modex, software is where the action is in today’s materials handling industry.

At a press conference Tuesday morning, Intelligrated (Booth 2903) showcased a series of solutions to optimize order fulfillment processes for e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment operations.

Though subject to unique constraints, advances in the distribution of wine and spirits holds lessons for the wider industry.

Replacing manual processes, automation moves as many as 380,000 units in a week.

For years the materials handling industry has focused on providing great solutions for customers. Maintenance services are quickly becoming the next area of focus.

Under pressure to reduce operating costs, some operations may cut corners and service their capital equipment investments with non-OEM spare parts. While these "knockoffs" may have a marginally cheaper purchase price, they can result in expensive and stressful system failure.

At the solution provider's annual logistics conference, SDI's CEO talked about e-commerce, new software offerings and an interest in new verticals.

The Home Depot has remodeled its supply chain in recent years, building the foundation for a new type of fulfillment center intended to blend online and in-store shopping.

Using conventional technologies coordinated in real time, The Home Depot’s direct fulfillment center supports omni-channel capabilities for the Eastern United States.

Today’s highly automated systems demand technicians with new skills and new training. The industry is beginning to respond.