System Report

When Toll designed a state-of-the-art e-fulfillment distribution center, it combined goods-to-person piece picking with AGVs to optimize pallet movement. The result is a safer and more productive facility.

Indiana University Health’s new distribution center drives a new level of efficiency.

Turn 14 Distribution’s new DCs rely on a homegrown WMS, weighing and dimensioning, and disciplined process to speed deliveries to customers.

A Pennsylvania-based distributor of performance auto parts moved from conventional to automated processes and expanded its network from one to three DCs. The result: improved accuracy, throughput and industry-leading customer service.

Adore Me Services’ new distribution center brings together automated order fulfillment and sortation.

When natural disasters strike, the Defense Logistics Agency brings its distribution and logistics expertise to support relief efforts.

Modern’s annual Productivity Achievement Awards honor companies that have made exceptional operational improvements through materials handling systems.

Mobile collaborative robots have increased productivity and throughput at GEODIS’ Indianapolis e-fulfillment center.

Modern's cover stories in 2018 profiled some of the companies whose success is emblematic of a thriving industry.

EDC brought in a WMS, lights, powered conveyor and sortation to write a new chapter in the book distributor’s distribution story.

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.

Just months before the start of the 2016 holiday season, one of Gap Inc.’s distribution centers was destroyed by fire. Here’s the story of how resilience and innovation saved the day.

Gap Inc.’s Gallatin facility was designed to rapidly fill e-commerce orders while minimizing handling.

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.

Luxottica’s Georgia logistics hub optimizes the fulfillment of eyewear, including prescription glasses,apparel and accessories in a three-level warehouse.