Topic: Features

Modern's editor sat down with Daniel to discuss the upcoming MODEX Show.

Modern sat down with Rob Thyen to discuss 3PLs and Piece Picking Robotics.

Electric lift trucks are evolving to deal with pressures wrought by e-commerce, including labor shortages and higher handling volumes, through high- and low-tech means.

With e-commerce fulfillment as a catalyst, both the third-party logistics and cold storage warehousing market in North America continue to post healthy gains.

With e-commerce fulfillment as a catalyst, both the third-party logistics and cold storage warehousing market in North America continue to post healthy gains.

This equipment brings a strong blend of solid hardware and advanced data management capabilities to keep MRO parts secure, in-stock and readily available to techs.

Modern editors sat down with Carol to discuss the industry and other related topics.

This month in Modern, two features take the temperature of where we are in the application of robotics in warehouse/DC operations. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock takes us inside Top Notch Distributors, a leading supplier of architectural door hardware

With supply chains in disarray and the labor shortage persisting, companies across the board are turning to automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions to help them work smarter, better and faster.

Fast opportunity charging and no battery swaps lead the reasons why lithium-ion batteries are considered well suited for multi-shift cold storage operations.

Randy Neilson is the chair of the Scan, Label, Apply, Manifest (SLAM) industry group at MHI. He is also president of Cubiscan. Stephen Pickfield is the vice chair of SLAM, and the co-CEO and director of sales and marketing for PSI Engineering.

Go to the source—your operators—and get a handle on their power concerns, recharge patterns, and how these might impact productivity.

Our editor sat down with Christian Dow, Executive Vice President, Membership and Industry Leadership at MHI to discuss diversity.

Fully autonomous lift trucks are on the scene, and with higher-end price tags than conventional trucks, robotics-as-a-service may shape up as the leading model.

Our staff sat down with Matt Jones, VP of Sales at Dorner and PMMI Board Member to discuss Pack Expo and the plans to adapt to the changing landscape.

While the technology has been available for a decade, auton­omous lift trucks have been slow to catch on. That may be changing.

While the technology has been available for a decade, autonomous lift trucks have been slow to catch on. That may be changing.

With this year’s Top 20 based on 2020 revenues, a challenging pandemic year, it’s perhaps no surprise the bottom-line total for the suppliers on our list dipped slightly, but by less than 2%. Some suppliers managed growth, since even in the pandemic year there were goods to move to consumers and e-commerce warehouses at the pallet level.

Telematics, VR and other technologies can help with safety and training, but don’t lessen the need for best practices like hands-on training, documenting training, clear procedures and continuous improvement.

As automation, robotics and artificial intelligence continue to infiltrate all corners of supply chain management, the warehouse dock is getting a technological facelift of its own.