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Special Digital Issue: The State of Material Handling Automation

A comprehensive look at the innovative equipment, systems and software that are changing the face of warehouse, distribution center and manufacturing operations.


In our latest Special Digital Issue, Modern Materials Handling has curated several feature stories that neatly encapsulate the automation equipment, software and best practices that are revolutionizing how we work and making today’s dynamic warehouse, distribution center (DC), and manufacturing operations possible.

Our editors take you inside some of the savviest companies in the U.S. and shares the steps these operations have taken to stay on the cutting edge. We also share some of our latest automation and software reader surveys that take the temperature of where the market stands in terms of current application and future investment.
Inside this issue…

  • Annual Automation Survey Results
  • Six warehouse management trends to watch in 2019
  • Adore Me Services: Small space, big automation
  • Top 20 system suppliers
  • Indiana University Health builds a supply chain (and a DC)
  • Toll puts automation to work down under
  • The state of IoT in the warehouse
  • Inventory management in an on-demand world
  • And more…
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Automation News & Resources

Boscov’s: Speed regained in retail distribution
Comau’s Advanced Solutions Drive The Benefits Of Automation For Diversified Industries
Modernization at Boscov’s
Materials Handling Robotics: The new world of heterogeneous robotic integration
Coles automates grocery distribution in Australia
2024 Intralogistics Robotics Survey: Robot demand surges
Up close and personal with mind twisting special purpose robots
More Automation

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