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News, trends, products and productivity solutions that showcase the latest in safety equipment, systems and process for warehouses and distributions centers.


Combilift does the heavy lifting to ease worldwide ventilator shortage
Completed in five weeks, the project is the result of a collaboration between the engineering and manufacturing industry and the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE).

Raymond begins producing face shields for healthcare workers
More than 2,000 face shields to be dispersed to local hospitals and emergency responders.

Protective guarding goes the extra mile
Custom solutions optimize traffic flow, boost pedestrian safety and protect infrastructure.

GlobalData: Industrial automation paying the price for failing to think big and invest bigger
Despite much hype over the years, advanced factory automation has not been substituted for human workers at scale.

SSI Schaefer starts producing face masks for DCs, waste collectors and clients
Company plans to produce as many as 1,000 masks per week in North Carolina and Mexico locations.

K2 and Celonis partner to accelerate digital business transformation
New partnership combines K2’s digital process automation technology with Celonis’ advanced process mining, artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to deliver advanced intelligent process automation.

MSSC partners with ProctorU to offer certification tests from home
Once tests have been uploaded to the ProctorU system and more proctors are trained, online testing will be available no later than May 15.

Other Voices: The four ways companies are failing to improve push/pull
Revisiting outdated push/pull measuring practices is essential to reducing injury risk.

Labor Management: Stuff that works
There’s been more than enough whining about the availability and stability of labor in DCs and warehouses. Ignoring that path, about a third of facilities have put in place tools and practices that motivate and engage people. Everyone else has no choice but to follow or fall behind.

ELOKON displays its ELOprotect
This week, ELOKON (Booth 2929) is presenting one of its flagship solutions: ELOprotect.

BoxLock introduces new product extensions for enterprise customers
BoxLock (Booth 6671), an industry leader in secure, unattended delivery technology for homes and businesses, today announced two new product extensions that will be featured at Modex 2020 and available to enterprise customers later this year.

ProGMA publishes an American National Standard
During a Monday press conference at Modex, the Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA), an industry group of MHI (Booth 4071), revealed its recent publishing of an American National Standard.

ProGMA announces the publication of ANSIMH31.1-2019
The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA), an industry group of MHI, has published an American National Standard to address performance and testing of steel mesh containment panels used in pallet rack and vertical storage system applications.

Other Voices: Secure RFID access control solutions reduce equipment-related risks
Combined with telematics, radio-frequency identification (RFID) help companies ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and significantly reduce risks for materials handling and construction operations.

Other Voices: What’s next for the warehouse worker?
Warehouse innovations are in direct conflict with the generic, preconceived and outdated views of warehouse work as difficult, laborious and a low-paying.

MHI launches new ergonomics and safety blog
The EASE and ProGMA Industry Groups of MHI collaborated on the creation of this new informational and news resource for manufacturing and supply chain professionals.

Other Voices: Why ergonomic initiatives fail and how to improve them permanently
Desirable, usable equipment can ensure workers commit to maintaining ergonomic initiatives.

Raymond’s Pink Pallet Jack Project donates more than $15,000 to breast cancer foundations
Proceeds split evenly between the New York-based Tina Fund and the California-based HERS Breast Cancer Foundation and Breast Cancer Angels.

Chemical company purchases new safety gates
The gates have improved employees’ safety on the mezzanine level.

Marshall Retail Group installs commercial duty ceiling fans
As a result, worker comfort and productivity have improved considerably.


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