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Writing the book on streamlined data capture
Book Depot’s fulfillment center makes gains in speed, efficiency and accuracy by deploying glove-based wearable scanners.

Power Transmission: From horseback to rocket ship
For motors, gears and gearboxes, it’s all about building on what you’ve got in place today. Yes, you can do better, and you will.

Modex 2024: Ripe market draws eager new players
Gain insights from 200+ industry professionals on the current state of order fulfillment and what lies ahead in 2024.

GEODIS maximizes flexibility and minimizes touches
The 3PL’s new facility in Asheville, Ohio, is a showcase for next-generation technologies, including robotics and automated packaging.

Modex 2024 show planner
Conference to feature more than 1,100 exhibitors, 165 sessions and keynotes from Nick Saban, AI expert Gerd Leonhard and UPS’s Bill Seward.

Tightening up on inventories
The “just-in-case” era is over, with operations looking to right-size inventory levels while avoiding stock outs. That may call for layers of technology, starting but not ending with WMS and effective data capture.

Destination: Loading dock safety
Vehicle restraints help prevent the most common dock accident—early truck pull away.

Data Capture: Bar coding’s new friends
Bar coding remains the central technology for data capture, with new wearables and handheld form factors to boost productivity. But RFID momentum is building, and a range of real-time location technologies can complement handheld data collection.

Measure and model motive power performance
Cloud-based software with metrics gleaned from connected chargers can reveal ways to optimize fleets and plan for the future.

60 Seconds with Diego Vega from the Hanken School of Economics
Modern's editor sat down with Diego Vega, Associate professor, supply chain management and social responsibility at Hanken School of Economics to discuss humanitarianism and education.

Don’t forget inventory when kick-starting plans
Don't let the positive economic news stop your need for innovation. Plan for the future at Modex 2024 and stay ahead of the game.

A central nervous system for right-sized packaging
At least part of future packaging success here sits in the cloud. Using cloud for packaging.

Cobot as key ingredient for palletizing efficiency
Collaborative robot enables new palletizing automation for Bob’s Red Mill, hitting the whole grain manufacturer’s needs for speed and safety. Warehouse robotics provide efficiencies in the warehouse.

Retail distribution closes in on the customer
Form factors continue to evolve as retailers look for the right mix for meeting consumer expectations from the DC to the store.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits: Proof positive innovation
With its new Texas DC, the world’s largest distributor of alcoholic beverages has built one of the most automated facilities in its network and continues to lead the way in automation adoption.

Automated storage on the move into 2024
From traditional storage units to ultra-density storage grid systems, automated storage offers new capabilities and a different return on investment than in the past.

Mobile automation drives new infrastructure needs
As operations deploy larger or even multiple mobile automation fleets, many foresee the need for updated wireless networks and wireless charger platforms. New networks and charging won’t take hold overnight, though some companies are diving in to modernize the communications and charging infrastructure that mobile robots and AGVs need to keep running smoothly.

Top 20 Warehouses 2023: Demand soars and mergers slow
As demand for North American warehouse space soars, third-party logistics providers find new ways to serve their growing customer bases.

Lithium transition: It’s all about the outcomes
Lithium power is seen as the fastest growing motive power choice for electric trucks, though it has competition from options including thin plate pure lead and hydrogen fuel cells. For end users like City Furniture and Hamilton Beach Brands, motive power has to deliver on outcomes like space savings and uptime.

What’s new in totes, bins and containers?
From the relatively mundane to the truly innovative, totes, bins and containers are continuously receiving upgrades to make them better suited to the job at hand.


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