Special Report

Following a post-recession bump, third-party logistics providers are on track to stay flat through 2013.

With more than 800 exhibitors, three keynotes and an extensive educational program, ProMat 2013 looks to be the biggest edition of the show yet.

Companies are increasingly rewarding hard work by key players in an effort to not only keep them around, but keep them happy.

Continuing an upward climb, the worldwide industrial lift truck market is seeing orders and shipments on the rise again.

Modern’s annual look at the supply chain software market revealed that the industry grew significantly in 2011.

With a few simple prescriptions, fleet managers can plan for the unplanned, reduce costs and ramp up productivity and safety measures.

In our annual software survey, Modern readers tell us that they’re are torn between embracing change and riding out older technologies.

Modern’s 15th-annual survey of the world’s leading materials handling systems suppliers shows a continued trend of increased revenue in 2011 for the majority of the top companies.

Modern’s 2012 outlook finds that overall market uncertainty has slowed materials handling spending and has increased facility consolidation and engineered process improvements. Cost containment has returned as the most important issue of the day.

Conveyor purchases may be preparing for a pause, according to Modern’s annual survey of conveyor users.

Modern’s annual Productivity Achievement Awards honor companies that have made outstanding strides in improving operations through materials handling and related information systems.

Supply chain professionals are certainly moving toward mobile applications to improve overall operations, but just how fast is it happening?

The 6th Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Operations Survey findings reveal that inventory turns are not improving, more DCs are closing rather than opening, and many companies are remaining cautious with equipment investment.

Going green isn’t going away: It’s a permanent and increasingly important part of the global business landscape—and that includes materials handling.

Our 2011 findings reveal that inventory turns are not improving, more DCs are closing rather than opening, and many companies are remaining cautious with equipment investment.