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60 seconds with Mark Stevens, Digital Guardian
Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Mark Stevens about protecting your system.

Magna’s T.E.A.M. Systems: Flexible automation on the assembly line
At Magna’s T.E.A.M. Systems Toledo plant, automatic guided carts move assemblies from one station to the next.

Magna’s T.E.A.M. Systems: Automatic guided carts drive productivity
AGCs act as a mobile assembly line at T.E.A.M. Systems’s Toledo manufacturing facility.

Retail: What’s in store for e-commerce operations
As inventory visibility advances the art of omni-channel fulfillment, retail stores and distribution centers are driven to develop new skill sets

Beyond long-term storage: 8 new ways to use AS/RS
These innovative AS/RS applications will help you think beyond long-term storage and optimize your automated storage investment in ways you probably never even thought of.

Lift Truck Maintenance: Parts and parcels
Increased visibility into every lift truck’s costs is promoting accountability for operators, managers and service providers.

Supply Chain Software: Waving bottleneck issues goodbye
Warehouse execution software and warehouse control systems enable new methods of wave releasing to increase throughput and keep workloads balanced.

Automated picking and packing solution supports workstations
Goods-to-person and made-to-order methodologies enable speedy assembly and fulfillment.

Industrial manufacturer organizes inventory to keep product flowing
Vertical lift modules improve productivity, safety and security while cutting damage, wasted time and square footage.

Centralized label software enhances accuracy and flexibility
Security features and workstation-specific templates slash training times and errors.

Automated packaging line eases transition from bulk to bag
Robotic palletizer and stretch wrapper provide consistent stacking of heavy bags.

Lift Truck Tips: Changing processes, not batteries
Proper design and enforcement are still essential, but “zero battery change” solutions increasingly accommodate the less-than-perfect realities of fleet operation.

This Month in Modern: 70 years of continued momentum
This year marks the 70th year that Modern Materials Handling has been published.

60 seconds with Ed Romaine, AS/RS Product Section Group at MHI
Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Ed Romaine, chairman of the AS/RS Product Section Group at MHI, about automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

Mobility: Making its mark
The quest to improve worker productivity and enhance order accuracy in an omni-channel distribution environment is pushing more warehouse and DC managers to increase investment in warehouse mobility solutions. According to market thought leaders, not only has mobility arrived, but users are pushing for the next generation.

Sweating the details at lululemon’s Ohio DC
The yoga wear retailer’s new multichannel DC is speeding up time to market, streamlining e-commerce processes and reducing freight costs. Flexible automation is the key.

lululemon: Embracing automation for e-commerce fulfillment
WMS, lights, voice and conveyors bring a new level of efficiency to lululemon athletica’s Ohio distribution center.

Big Picture: The near future of a legacy WMS
Complemented by a growing stable of inexpensive execution solutions, aging software monoliths can prove they don’t need to be toppled.

Making MES more efficient
Troy Design & Manufacturing pairs real-time RFID tracking with MES, saving time and allowing operators to focus on value-added production activities.

Overhead handling: Raise worker safety
Manufacturers of overhead handling equipment are putting an emphasis on safety while creating new, automated solutions that help people work smarter, better and faster.


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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