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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.

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.

LED fixtures improve conditions in facilities, offices, parking lots and the yard.

Fortune 50 company’s regional DC improves efficiencies and reduces tardiness.

Optimal fleet management is only possible when those responsible for operators and assets are on the same page.

A new composite pallet offers reusable, returnable benefits to new markets.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to regional director of Bastian Solutions about the Young Professional Network and the future of the industry.

A time when autonomous robots navigate the warehouse or DC unattended could be right around the corner. Is your company ready?

Unified controls improve productivity in all functional areas.