NextGen Supply Chain at DHL
March 13, 2018
Here’s how one of the world’s largest 3PLs is looking to tomorrow’s innovative technologies, including heads-up display and robotics, to transform its operations today.
Conveyors & sortation: Carrying the e-commerce burden
March 13, 2018
In a case-quantity world, conveyor was king. E-commerce, poly bags and the need for incredible flexibility posed a brief challenge, but convey and sort technologies have reclaimed the crown.
Big Picture: On the path to lights out
March 13, 2018
There may not be many plants and warehouses operating in the dark these days. However, many facilities are clearly on the path to lights out, balancing automation and labor to find the right mix of lower costs and better customer service.
Lift truck battery management delivers staying power
March 13, 2018
Charged with cutting waste, many fleet owners are finding battery management practices have plenty of room for improvement.
60 Seconds with Pieter Abbeel, professor at University of California Berkeley
March 9, 2018
Modern Materials Handling staff sat down with Pieter Abbeel to discuss the state of the robotics industry.
Lift Truck Tips: Attachments work smarter, not harder
March 8, 2018
Parallel to advances in lift truck sophistication, attachment manufacturers have worked to make their products more intelligent efficient and user-friendly. Fork Lift Accessories make lift trucks more efficient.
Modex 2018: Positive vibes abound
March 6, 2018
By all reports, the majority of the U.S. leading economic indicators are pointing to a fairly robust year, as manufacturing is growing; consumer confidence continues to climb; and the National Retail Federation just projected 2018 retail sales to head up 3.8% to 4.4%, adding that e-commerce sales are projected to jump up 10% to 12% during the next 12 months.
Trinchero Family Estates: Pallet handling in the vineyard
February 12, 2018
The second-largest family-owned wine company in the world turns to automated pallet handling and storage for its winemaking and distribution operations.
Lift Truck Tips: Maintain the Lift Truck Fleet, Sustain the Business
February 8, 2018
Once a fleet is wrapped in a layer of data collection, it can be connected to warehouse and labor management to drive improvements.
60 Seconds with Tom Carbott, MHI
February 8, 2018
Modern's staff sat down with MHI's Tom Carbott to discuss the upcoming Modex Show 2018
PFS: Small steps and a sense of fearlessness
January 23, 2018
Modern has maintained a heavy focus on the new processes, technology and automation that’s necessary to improve item-level picking and handling on the way to meeting today’s ever-finicky e-commerce service demands.
System Report: Automation from receiving to shipping
January 22, 2018
PFS’s freezer warehouse in Washington relies on automation to speed pallets from receiving to storage to shipping.
Preferred Freezer’s New Take on Automation
January 22, 2018
PFS built one of the largest and most automated AS/RS freezers in the world in Washington state. Next up is a new design for automation. Automated Storage/ Automated Retrieval System, Cold Storage.
Lift Truck Series Part 1: Lift truck technology connects pickers to productivity
January 21, 2018
Mobile, connected and critical to the movement of goods, the modern lift truck and picker are helping unlock the next level of productivity. Technology for lift trucks, ergonomics in lift trucks, Internet of things in the warehouse, Interconnected Lift Trucks
Automated Storage: How to grow operations?...Make them smaller
January 19, 2018
Five case studies highlight how operations both big and small improved density, throughput and customer satisfaction with automated storage solutions.
AGVs: Predictably Flexible
January 19, 2018
Forget what you thought you knew about AGVs. Mobile robot start-ups and half-century industry veterans alike are delivering a new generation of autonomous coworkers.
60 Seconds with Kevin Lacy, North Carolina Department of Transportation
January 18, 2018
Modern Materials Handling sat down with Kevin Lacy who is responsible for the safe and efficient movement of all modes of transportation through research and development of effective policies to improve traffic flow and safety for all.
Lift Truck Tips: Manufacturers lead charge toward electrified future
January 17, 2018
Electric equipment continues to displace its internal combustion counterparts—even up to 92,000-pound capacities—and offers benefits far beyond energy costs. Benefits of Electric lift trucks. Buying electric forklifts, hyster forklifts
System Report: Rocky Brands Sees the Light
December 17, 2017
Confronting an aging materials handling system and new channels of business with new customer expectations, Rocky Brands installed a put-to-light and sortation system to ramp up fulfillment.
The Big Picture: Navigation Gets a Reboot for Automatic Vehicles
December 15, 2017
Established guidance systems can now have been joined by new game-changing technologies. Instead of simply moving from Point A to Point B, AGVs and other automatic vehicles now can determine their own route and easily adapt to changes on the facility floor. That opens up a new world that might fit your future.