Modern Materials Handling Magazine Archives

January 2019 Modern Materials Handling

In this issue:

  • Flexible scalable design at Canadian Tire
  • Information Management: Next-generation data capture
  • Lift Truck Series: Lift trucks join connected enterprise
  • Equipment Report: Conveyors update
  • Best Practices: Inventory Management
One of Canada’s largest retail brands took bulk handling to new levels of automation and efficiency at its new Ontario DC.
Canadian Tire’s bulk handling facility brings together automation and conventional materials handling for a variety of products.
This month in Modern brings you inside the 1.5-million-square-foot Canadian Tire DC.
New types of “edge” technologies promise new options for real-time location insights. Learn how these emerging forms of data capture might supplement traditional AIDC as well as the importance of software platforms, analytics and applications that take advantage of real-time location data.
Manufacturers, dealers and users of lift trucks are jointly navigating a brave new world of lift truck integration with broader systems and processes.
In the face of unprecedented demands on equipment, facilities of all sizes are modernizing hardware, software and maintenance strategies.
There are no easy answers on this one. You have to dig in and figure out what matters to your supply chain strategy and customers. Get that right, and you’re ahead of the pack.
Our editors sat down with Ben Harris, Director of supply chain and advanced manufacturing for the Metro Atlantic Chamber to discuss On-demand delivery.
Companies are leveraging Internet of Things devices and analytics to shorten reusable tote dwell times and speed returns.
Battery maintenance headaches and their unique ability to sap money and productivity from operations have left many users considering low-stress alternatives.
Minnesota-based distributor sees improvements in fill times, error rates and training.
The warehouse is now filling twice the orders and has doubled capacity with the same footprint and labor requirements.
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Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association releases semi-annual statistics
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This webinar will discuss the recent development of embedding motion-control technology into conveyors to enable packages to be correctly presented to a robot so that throughput of the manual task that the robot has been assigned to perform is maximized.

Combilift enters offshore wind sector with handling solution, collaborating with Siemens Gamesa
In 25th anniversary year special event, lift truck provider with focus on long-load handling also highlights autonomous truck, as well as a telematics solution. Combilift partnered with Siemens Gamesa on its Combi-LC, which moves wind turbine blades and towers. Combilift expects to generate over €50m in revenue per year in the wind sector market segment by 2026.

Kion Group partners with Li-Cycle to recycle lithium lift truck batteries in Europe
Intralogistics Group’s batteries now being recycled by strategic partner Li-Cycle in Magdeburg, Germany, via a process which recovers up to 95 percent of the battery’s valuable minerals and materials.

Record-breaking Pack Expo Las Vegas exceeds expectations
Over 32,000 attendees, the most in the show’s history, actively engaged with more than 2,300 exhibitors across 1 million net square feet of exhibit space at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Dexterity AI and FedEx unveil robotics trailer loading technology
Called a 'first of its kind,' the solution's AI-powered software tackles what is called parcel handling's most challenging task--loading and stacking parcels and all the variability this involves. Testing of the truck loading technology is ongoing by FedEx with a goal to refine the technology and deploy commercially in the future.

RPA publishes 2023 Reusable Transport Packaging State of the Industry report
A comprehensive analysis of the global reusable transport packaging industry now available from the Reusable Packaging Association.

Raymond out to inspire next generation via its virtual Manufacturing Day event
Virtual event starting Oct. 6 celebrates the manufacturing industry, highlights the importance of skills development, with the aim of inspiring the next generation as Raymond continues to innovate. Virtual event is open to all middle and high school students globally via teacher registration.

SME announces 2023 College of Fellows
SME, teh national nonprofit leading the industrial ecosystem, honors nine members who have made outstanding contributions to the social, technological, and educational aspects of the manufacturing profession.

Missouri S&T to break ground on Protoplex, celebrate Manufacturing Day
Missouri University of Science and Technology's Protoplex will anchor its manufacturing and innovation campus.

PLA opens Northwest Arkansas pallet management facility
New location expands PLA’s nationwide pallet, logistics, and supply chain services capabilities.

Pallet supplier Millwood opens new location in Lordstown, Ohio
New location to employ nearly 20 new team members



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