Modern Materials Handling Magazine Archives

July 2019 Modern Materials Handling

In this issue:

  • Indiana University Health builds a supply chain (and a DC)
  • Reader Survey: Results of our annual software user survey
  • Special Report: Top 20 supply chain software suppliers
  • Information Management: WES evolves beyond the four walls
  • Best Practices: NextGen Supply Chain Awards
To drive efficiency, Indiana University Health created its own procurement, logistics and distribution network. The centerpiece is a highly automated 300,000-square-foot distribution center.
Indiana University Health’s new distribution center drives a new level of efficiency.
Despite all the technology in our cars, automakers are only starting to change how they build them. The next five years should be interesting, as automakers respond to outside and inside pressures to up their game.
Modern staff sat down with Michael Wohlwend, Managing Principle, Alpine Supply Chain Solutions to discuss the supply chain management software space.
A combination of checkweigher and PLC allows the equipment’s operation, data capture and reporting functions to be modified to meet unique customer needs.
New technologies and capabilities enable today’s VNA trucks to be more productive than ever.
The technology that drives today’s supply chains is getting stronger, better and faster thanks to an innovative group of suppliers pushing the envelope.
Warehouse execution systems are becoming more important to automated warehouses that need to manage machines, people and inventory resources against a high-velocity stream of orders and tight delivery commitments. WES can be more than a one-function solution for orchestrating zones as well as operate as a complex hybrid that paces work.
For our inaugural event, Supply Chain Management Review, Peerless Media and IDC recognized five companies leading the way in the adoption of new technologies.
Bar code labeling software ensures compliance while integrating automation with a legacy WMS.
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