In this booming environment, the editorial team at Modern proudly offers you our annual Casebook—a reference guide designed to inspire innovation and investment inside the four walls of your facility.

This year’s Casebook is not only jam-packed with case studies but also includes the most comprehensive directories available of materials handling equipment manufacturers and related information management technology suppliers.

Modern takes a look inside 34 facilities and provides you with a look at how your peers are solving problems in the areas of Automation, Information Management, Lift Trucks, Packaging, Storage and Warehouse Environment.

It’s our hope that this annual Casebook will continue to inspire the innovation and investment that will keep your warehouse and distribution operation on the road to success for many years to come.

2019 Modern Materials Handling Casebook Entries

Automation

• Magid’s goods-to-person system optimizes its e-fulfillment
• Pocket sorter reduces Zalando’s delivery time by nearly 50%
• ACT Fulfillment invests in collaborative robots
• JEM International purchases new sanitary conveyors
• Sensit Technologies reclaims storage space and gains efficiency
• AGV improves assembly line operations
• Thin plate pure lead batteries support walk-in van production

Lift Trucks

• Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits adds a turret truck to its fleet
• Continental Tire optimizes lift truck fleet with telemetry solution
• Ortho Development ups productivity with task support vehicles
• Renze Display’s propane forklifts ensure high productivity

Information Management

• Baptist Health doubles picking productivity with WES and voice
• Merit Medical’s WES-WCS boosts picking productivity
• Granite City Electric deploys mobile-powered workstations
• Golf equipment manufacturer implements PTL devices
• Buy Auto Parts’ WMS increases its picking efficiency
• Pet specialty retailer implements multi-carrier shipping software
• Toysmith implements new WMS

Packaging

• Bottomley Evergreens adds managed recovery to storage partnership
• DecoPac increases packaging savings for subsidiary
• Pharmaceutical company maximizes payload capacity with reusable shippers
• Adhesive improves Cargill’s shrink wrapping process
• Retailer eases labor shortages with auto-boxer

Storage

• Braman Motorcars implements a vertical lift module
• Denali Ingredients expands with pushback rack
• Puma’s storage configuration leads to order fulfillment upsurge
• Pet Science uses G2P to increase plant capacity
• Daimler Trucks Components & Logistics uses new workstations
• 3PL implements distribution center reconfiguration

Warehouse Environment

• Maglio Companies implements high-speed, roll-up doors
• Vac-Con’s rolling ladder improves employee safety
• Marshall Retail Group installs commercial duty ceiling fans
• Young Windows switches to ergonomic workbenches
• Caster rig improves tire manufacturer’s initial push force
• Chemical company purchases new safety gates

Click here to see an archive of all the Case Book entries from this year and years past.