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Comprehensive news on the most advanced systems for automated data collection technologies in use in warehouses and distribution centers.


Warehouse Mobility Makes a Move
Mobile devices are getting significant upgrades that will improve point-of-use and enterprise productivity. Advances range from the move to Android systems to a consolidation of form factors while trying out some new ones, and the debut of platforms that make the link to enterprise systems.

Data capture takes on processes, people and assets
Best known for its ability to identify and track inventory, data capture technologies of all types are being swept into a far more powerful information web. The idea is to use the technology to improve processes through improved deployment of people and assets.

AIM announces new board of directors members
AIM adds three new members to the Board of Directors team

Top 20 Automatic Identification and Data Capture Suppliers 2020
As warehouse and DC operators find new ways to manage the impacts of the global pandemic, automatic identification and data capture solutions continue to play an important role in their digital transformation journeys.

AIM & RAIN Alliance virtual conference announces speaker and session line up
This first of its kind event will bring together speakers and exhibitors from the areas of applications, standards, vertical markets, and more.

AIM announces 2020 North American Industry Awards
AIM North America (AIM NA) has selected winners for their annual awards, including ‘Professional of the Year,’ ‘AIT in Government’ and this year there was a two-way tie for the title of ‘Organization of the Year.’

60 Seconds with Mary Lou Bosco, AIM
Modern's staff sat down with Mary Lou Bosco, COO at AIM to discuss the AIDC industry.

WISER joins UWB Alliance
WISER Systems has partnered with the UWB Alliance, an organization dedicated to advocating and advancing ultra-wideband technologies.

Big Picture: Modern’s historic 75-year run carries on
While you may not think of Modern Materials Handling as a startup, it was exactly that 75 years ago. Here are some of the highlights in the life of the industry and the magazine that has been chronicling what happens inside the four walls for the past 75 years.

Pick-to-light’s evolution
As e-commerce and the resulting need to process many small orders has grown, so have pick-to-light systems. However, the technology has evolved in multiple ways to become easier to deploy for different workflows. Trends include wireless display modules, lights that illuminate an entire compartment and mobile carts with lights.

Wearables’ Detachability Fits with Covid-19 Hygiene Concerns
Wearable devices that have made inroads due to the productivity of their hands-free operation also carry a hygiene advantage: the high-touch parts can be cost effectively assigned to individual workers.

Barcoding, Inc. releases research mobile data capture
New insights from Barcoding provide strategies and insights to migrate and modernize mobile computing & scanning on the Android platform

AIM and RAIN RFID Alliance launch first virtual conference
Virtual world environment promotes social interaction and collaboration among participants, and is scalable to support users concurrently from anywhere in the world.

Zebra Technologies to acquire Reflexis Systems for $575 million
Combination of workforce and task management to help customers in retail and other vertical markets empower front-line workflows with richer and larger sets of real-time data.

Barcoding, Inc. to host first-annual “#SupplyChainGeekDay”
On June 26, Barcoding and partners will honor essential employees in the supply chain industry

Manufacturers to spend $19.8 billion on data management and analytics by 2026
Robust data collection processes and sophisticated analytical tools will offer critical insights into machinery health and production line optimization.

SATO joins RAIN RFID Alliance
SATO brings to the alliance its wide industry knowledge and technical expertise in auto-ID solutions integration that are Powered On Site.

Other Voices: How labeling can help you do more with less during COVID-19
Centralized labeling is a powerful tool for companies transitioning to manufacturing new products and managing a new and more diverse supply chain.

Rice Lake acquires Postea
Rice Lake Weighing Systems has acquired The Postea Group, a Boston-based developer and manufacturer of dimensioning equipment and software.

Confidex and Quuppa strengthen cooperation on industrial RTLS
Confidex Viking provides new level of support for Quuppa’s advanced location system


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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