Topic: Magazine Archive

Retail distribution operations turn to automation and software to support handling practices that strengthen customer loyalty.

It’s strangely appropriate that Modern would feature American Eagle’s seminal omni-channel distribution strategy the same month that sister publication Logistics Management publishes the results of its “25th Annual Study of Trends and Issues in Transportation and Logistics.” Blog post on the American Eagle Warehouse remodel

American Eagle’s new DC is built around an inbound conveyor and sortation system, six multi-level pick modules and a warehouse execution system.

With the increase in e-commerce, companies are adding solutions that create right-sized packaging to their portfolio. Dimensional packaging challenges

TITLE: Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory Group LOCATION: Dedham, Mass. EXPERIENCE: Senior analyst in the retail and supply chain industries for the past eight years DUTIES: Responsible for research in the omni-channel supply chain and transportation management systems (TMS)

Custom molder uses adaptable robot to increase workforce productivity and serve customers.

Now that manufacturers and distributors are using the data from their automated systems to drive their facilities, they’re turning to the next opportunity for improvement: the wealth of data collected by their lift trucks.

Unit sales continue to climb and revenue is inching upward in this year’s annual look at the top lift truck suppliers. Top Lift Truck Companies 2016, best of lift trucks 2016, 2016 lift truck survey, Top forklift suppliers, fork lift user survey 2016

With more orders, more products and tight expectations from customers, efficient, accurate inbound logistics paves the way for effective order fulfillment. TMS solutions can smooth inbound processes through a combination of visibility/execution features and fuller use of optimization algorithms to pick the best inbound routes and carriers. Benefits of Transportation Management Systems

A growing number of low-cost lift trucks offer new avenues for pairing equipment and applications, but less cautious buyers might find that small up-front costs come at a steep price. Selecting the proper lift truck, lift truck tips 2016, Choosing the right Lift Truck

Latest survey explores companies' lift truck buying, leasing, maintenance and disposal trends. Lift truck industry analysis, 2016 Lift Truck Study, Fork Lift Research

Title: Chair, National Forklift Safety Day (NFSD); president, UniCarriers Americas Corp. Location: Washington, D.C. – National Forklift Safety Day Experience: Radous joined Nissan Forklift (now UniCarriers Americas) in 2009 as vice president of sales and marketing operations. He was appointed to the newly created role of executive vice president, sales, Americas in 2013. He has been president of UniCarriers since January 2016. Duties: As chair, he oversees the development of the agenda for National Forklift Safety Day.

Whether a company accounts for every penny or hopes for the best, the value of an ongoing training program extends throughout an organization.

As the lines between the large enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers and best-of-breed supply chain management applications continue to blur, the ERPs are now moving to create holistic, end-to-end “hubs” that incorporate multiple trading partners, providers and even customers. State of ERP 2016, Enterprise Resource Planning update 2016,

Roller racks improve storage density, inventory management and picker productivity.

LRM systems for case coding cuts downtime and consumables inventory.

Running short of space in its old facility, Destination Maternity Corp. built a new, highly automated DC driven by an integrated warehouse management and execution system. The result is a strategic weapon helping to drive the business forward.

Destination Maternity’s new facility brings together shuttles, mini-loads, a bomb-bay unit sorter and sophisticated software to drive a true omni-channel distribution environment.

The demands of e-commerce and omni-channel continue to increase, and the need to work smarter and faster is growing. Yet for the first time in years, it looks like companies are taking a step back to rethink their supply chain software investments. Modern Materials Handling Software User Survey, Warehouse Software Survey 2016, WMS Survey 2016

ADC device technology continues to advance, but suppliers increasingly emphasize continuous monitoring and IoT-type sensing and analytic solutions as much as new hardware. The goal is better decision support as data capture evolves.