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Faced with the loss of a robotic pick solution, Quiet Logistics invented its own robots. Are they the next generation of robotic-enabled picking in the warehouse?

Mobile robotics reduce the travel time associated with order fulfillment.

A robust industry continues strong growth with impressive performances among the biggest players.

New trends in overhead handling help maximize the building cube while delivering product handling flexibility.

One of the best solutions to the industry’s labor shortage is to keep the workers you’ve got as comfortable and productive as possible.

Cloud-based SCE solutions have been around and catching on for functions like transportation management and visibility, but the WMS market has been slow to adopt. But with more SCE vendors providing cloud options and cloud pure-play providers gaining steam, cloud-based WMS may finally be ready to break through.

As businesses analyze the wealth of data in and around each lift truck, computers mounted to vehicles (or not) prove a critical intersection in the path to productivity.

Intermediate bulk container offers hygienic, collapsible design as well as internally reinforced and welded sidewalls.

This month in Modern we offer the third in a series of three System Reports that examine the emergence of robotics in warehousing and distribution.

New filling, packaging and palletizing line speeds production while cutting maintenance and labor costs.

Large pulp and paper company relocates and expands robotic unitizing system.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to the executive administrator of MHI and executive director of MHEFI about Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.

VSP Global turned to automated storage and robotic piece picking to increase the throughput of its state-of-the-art optical lab in California.

In VSP Optics Group’s California lab, automated storage and robotics come together to create a new way of producing glasses and to enable a new approach to the market.

Capital expenditure plans for materials handling solutions are ebbing overall, but restrained spending on hardware is balanced by steady investment in IT solutions that tie equipment together.

Integrated platforms for supply chain execution apps are folding in distributed order management (DOM) solutions and processes, which often need data from systems for inventory management or store labor to arrive at optimal fulfillment options for customers and retailers.

Focused on gaining efficiencies, maximizing available space and keeping workers safe while they’re up in the air, companies are integrating more rack, shelving and storage into their facilities.

By refining materials handling activities between work areas, manufacturers are finding ways to piece together islands of automation into a coherent whole.

Bottling facility meets and exceeds safety and hygiene standards with barriers, gates and bollards.

Candy company protects temperature-sensitive materials while allowing for seasonal peaks.