Roberto Michel, senior editor for Modern, has covered manufacturing and supply chain management trends since 1996, mainly as a former staff editor and former contributor at Manufacturing Business Technology. He has been a contributor to Modern since 2004. He has worked on numerous show dailies, including at ProMat, the North American Material Handling Logistics show, and National Manufacturing Week. You can reach him at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Combilift enters offshore wind sector with handling solution, collaborating with Siemens Gamesa
September 27, 2023
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...
Pack out automation: Flexibility on the rise
September 11, 2023
Providers of automated packaging and carton right-sizing solutions have thrived by offering systems that deliver on labor and parcel shipment savings— now they’re looking to further evolve by looking...
Leasing’s fleet management upside
September 7, 2023
Besides ensuring access to newer trucks, leasing processes and contracts help operations adjust their fleet assets to changes in application needs.
Pack Station Tricks: Common sense meets tech
September 6, 2023
Industrial workstation and shelving options are abundant for effective pack-out areas. Configuring an ideal set up for your operation is part commonsense work-cell design that eliminates wasted or awkward movements,...
Parcel automation delivers on two fronts for 3PL
September 6, 2023
Third-party logistics company iForce deployed an automated packaging solution to provide the speed and labor efficiencies needed to keep up with new picking automation, while the solution’s carton right-sizing...
Rockwell Automation signs agreement to acquire autonomous robotics vendor Clearpath Robotics
September 5, 2023
Deal for Clearpath and its OTTO Motors division, which is known for larger format mobile robots, is seen as accelerating Rockwell’s autonomous production logistics solutions, providing safer, more efficient...
Top 20 lift truck suppliers 2023
August 16, 2023
It was another solid growth year for most of the Top 20 manufacturers of lift trucks. The pandemic was clearly the trigger for some pent-up demand in 2021, but continued growth in 2022...
Managing for lift truck operator safety
August 14, 2023
Sure, lift truck operators are on the front lines of safe operation, but having a strong safety program takes plenty of management involvement as well. Importance of forklift safety programs.
Narrow aisle success: Think systems, then trucks
July 31, 2023
Lift truck OEMs offer various trucks suited to narrow aisle and very narrow aisle (VNA) layouts, but it pays to analyze all factors before focusing on specific trucks.
Warehouse execution systems (WES) stretches to encompass labor
July 11, 2023
Warehouse execution system software got its start by helping DC operations to balance the flow of work across various automated systems, with
only WMS and WCS software in place to...
