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MRO: Rethinking warehouse equipment maintenance
Your life at home and the office is highly digital already. Maintenance is rapidly getting to the same point. It starts with training and extends all the way to well-maintained equipment. Don’t miss the turn.

Automated Case Packing Helps OH-SNAP! Stay Lock Step with Rapid Growth
If you’re a fan of fresh veggies in a convenient package, you’re not alone, because it’s a growth food niche. For Appleton, Wisc., based OH SNAP! Pickling Co., product growth has been so strong the company deployed two new high-speed packaging machines to keep pace.

Pick-to-light’s evolution
As e-commerce and the resulting need to process many small orders has grown, so have pick-to-light systems. However, the technology has evolved in multiple ways to become easier to deploy for different workflows. Trends include wireless display modules, lights that illuminate an entire compartment and mobile carts with lights.

Fresh food, anyone? RPCs protect in the supply chain
It’s no small feat to protect sandwiches, snacks and other single-serving food items on their way to a store. But it’s an even better story when the mini plastic containers providing the protection are part of a sustainable, circular supply chain.

ProGMA announces new search tool for protective guarding products
This tool is a searchable database for users to access comprehensive information on warehouse guarding products.

Pack Expo Connects extends exhibit hours, adds exhibitors
Pack Expo Connects adds additional international live demos and extends event hours.

ISM report highlights solid manufacturing growth in August
ISM reported that the report’s key metric, the PMI, was 56 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), which topped July’s reading by 1.8%.

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How Long-Range Warehouse Labels and Signs Boost Operational Efficiency
Many of today’s mobile barcode scanners can read 1D or 2D barcode images up to 50 feet away or more. This means workers can quickly and safely scan bulk locations without leaving their lift trucks.

Pack Expo Connects registers 300 exhibitors in first 2 weeks
Pack Expo Connects (Nov. 9-13) will replace the in-person event that was scheduled in Chicago,

New supply chain automation technician certification to boost e-commerce efficiency
Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) will publicly announce a new, industry-led, nationally portable "Certified Technician in Supply Chain Automation" (CT-SCA) hands-on training and certification program.

NFI acquires CAI Logistics
By acquiring CAI Logistics, NFI expands its suite of supply chain services, specifically enhancing its brokerage, intermodal, and global freight forwarding capabilities across North America.

Survey: 17% of chief supply chain officers are women
Gartner annual survey finds increase for women in top supply chain leadership, but slight drop at VP level. Findings on gender diversity in chief supply chain office roles.

Pharma Industry Trends and Solutions
New materials handling tools and approaches help this complex supply chain operate efficiently.

ISDI presents Steel Drums 101 webinar for OSHA Safe + Sound Week
This webinar will detail critical information participants should consider when using or personally handling steel drums.

Pack Expo canceled for first time in 60+ year history
PMMI Media Group launches new live, web-based event: PACK EXPO Connects 2020

MHI partners with Women in Manufacturing
Women in Manufacturing is the only national trade association dedicated to providing year-round support to women who have chosen a career in the manufacturing industry

WERC to become a division of MHI
MHI has acquired the assets of WERC and will operate WERC as a division of MHI.

Next-generation marking technology for the pallet
The idea of tracking pallet loads and their condition while in transit just got simpler with a new technology that can be applied across an entire pallet pool.

ELFA: June down 10% year-over-year, up 33% month-to-month, down 0.5% year-to-date
New business volume data follows unchanged Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index.

Other Voices: Five supply chain tips to prepare for the future
Innovation makes it easier to identify waste and inefficiencies while meeting customer demands and minimizing operational disruption.


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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