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Furniture e-tailer Oliver Space deploys Cloud WMS in less than two months while meeting its unique needs around inventory tracking and visibility over a reverse stream of goods being refurbished for its home furniture lineup.

This month, our editorial team takes us inside a facility, explore the multiple methods companies are using to create more sustainable warehouses; snapshot of the Top 20 warehouses; power choices available for lift truck fleets; and we share our annual look at bins, totes and containers.

One of the four modes of mobile automation, guided vehicles are ready to improve their flexibility and adapt more readily to changes in real-time conditions.

Modern's editor sat down with Alison Zitzke, Senior Project Manager at Orbis Corporation do discuss her background in sustainable packaging.

A distributor of electrical components improves throughput with autonomous mobile robots by 25% while reclaiming space and freeing workers from select manual tasks.

Modern staff sat down with Sam Kurten, Engineering intern at Matrix, a ProMach product brand to talk about his career.

Lithium dominance among smaller electric equipment will accelerate larger-scale shift.

By implementing an autoboxing solution to create a right-sized package every 7 seconds, provider of parts for European cars removes constraint, gains efficiencies.

This month in Modern, we continue to track the evolution of robotics and IoT and the roles these technologies are playing to help the labor force respond to and interact with supply chains.

Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading dairy producer, deployed automated storage and retrieval to streamline processes at two locations, maximizing throughput with minimal space.

Power by the hour is still evolving, but data on fleet use can help devise the right lease arrangements for your fleet.

Modern sat down with Tony Sciarrotta, Executive Director of Reverse Logistics Association to discuss the organization he helps lead.

Our editor sat down with Maya Xiao to discuss the current and future lift truck industry.

Some elements of training programs are a must, like the need for hands-on instruction, but lift truck OEMs are evolving training in areas like providing smaller chunks of classroom content and training people to support deployment of autonomous trucks.

For Duratrack, manufacturer of track and trolley systems, the right lift equipment eased the physical burdens of moving heavy loads in production areas, while other equipment helped with narrow-aisle storage and order picking.

Modern's editor sat down with Jay Anderson to discuss his carrier and the racking industry.

Warehouse space costs have skyrocketed, so more companies want to maximize existing space by moving to narrow aisle configurations. However, making that transition effectively can benefit from some layout and material flow expertise, not just choosing appropriate equipment.

You might think that working in a grocery store or a big box retail store poses minimal safety risk. In most cases, that is true. However, some employees, including stockers and order pickers, face potential hazards daily.

Training and technology, including wearables that detect risky movements, can make a physically demanding job safer.

Modern's editor sat down with Dwight Klappich, Research Vice President, at Gartner to discuss MODEX and other happenings in the robotics space.