Topic: Features

The market for conventional solutions continues to rise, even as innovative variations help the industry chart a new course.

With operational flexibility and safety best practices guiding automotive manufacturing facilities, automatic guided vehicles and carts are now doing more than just bring components and kitted parts to lineside workers.

A look at what’s new in voice, mobile and pick-to-light technology for today’s warehouses and distribution centers.

Popular online grocer cuts scrap rate, reduces IT burden with cloud-based warehouse management system.

Production uptime saves $1.5 million with browser-based enterprise labeling solution.

The system quickly configures requirements and blends orders for multiple clients in each building.

Working smarter through the appropriate application of technology has been a running theme in Modern over the last few years—so much in fact that we’ve dedicated one issue a year since 2012 to a deeper understanding of technology adoption levels as well as the role providers are playing in pushing the trends.

Per-unit and per-operator fleet management practices continue to improve fleet efficiency, but many overlook opportunities to manage costs on a per-battery basis.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to 60-year industry veteran about the future of the industry.

Workers no longer need flashlights to read technical drawings.

At the healthcare distributor’s Libertyville, Ill., distribution center, mobile robots are handling totes, filling orders and enabling growth.

Goods-to-person picking is just one of the processes that allows Medline to meet its customers’ stringent requirements.

Cisco says the warehouse of the future will focus on automation and integration across the supply chain. That doesn’t necessarily mean automated materials handling.

An inside view of the ergonomic strides that one international manufacturer is making in its plants and warehouses.

As the pull of consumer demand replaces the push of the traditional supply chain, the replenishment function is being pulled in more than one direction. Following successes in pick optimization, the industry is turning its attention to reaping the benefits of refined replenishment.

After major parcel carriers introduced new rate structures, the industry is still scrambling to identify and eliminate every cubic inch of waste.

Chain of custody initiatives in health care supply chains face new FDA mandates, and compliance isn’t simple. Here’s a look at some of the considerations and systems involved.

This month in Modern, we offer the latest installment of The Big Picture, one that illustrates how one of the savviest organizations in the world is taking a much-discussed theory and putting it into practice.

Rapid improvement suggests the lift truck could be among the most important things in the Internet of Things.

New system provides 92% floor space savings and 30% additional inventory capacity.