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CEMA reports booked orders for April 2014 down 19.5% from April 2013
Dip follows record orders that outpaced shipments for the first four months of 2014.

J.P. Morgan and CSIA System Integrator Survey: Prepare for ‘steady lift’
Top economist tells CSIA members to ready for expansion in 2015.

Global motion control shipments grow 3.3% in first quarter 2014
Motion controllers category orders increased 29%.

Special coverage: National Forklift Safety Day
Industrial Truck Association's inaugural event sparks numerous hosted and customer-led presentations.

Intelligrated appoints Mario Rodriguez as general director of Mexican operations
Rodriguez brings 17 years of automation experience, including engineering and management roles for ABB.

Jervis B. Webb Company promotes Rob Schmit to president
In his new role, Schmit will oversee all departments at Webb and is in charge with leading the company to future growth.

Hy-Tek Material Handling expands Cleveland presence
To better serve customer demand in northern Ohio, Hy-Tek Integrated Systems/Cleveland has added three engineering and sales professionals to its 13-person material handling team.

Launch of a World Materials Handling Alliance at CeMAT
The initiative aims at enhancing collaboration among regional representative bodies for the benefit of the world material handling industry.

5 ways to handle peak demand
The rise of e-commerce, more frequent promotions, and competitive service-level agreements are creating more peak periods than ever in the DC. Here’s a look at five strategies companies are using to handle peak demand.

60 seconds with Michael Mikitka, WERC
Modern spends 60 seconds talking to the CEO of the Warehousing Education and Research Council on the future of the industry and WERC.

This month in Modern: See the bigger picture
This month, Trebilcock continues his Big Picture series with “5 ways to handle peak demand,” a closer look at how the rise of e-commerce, more frequent promotions, and competitive service-level agreements are creating more peak periods than ever before.

BDO: Supply chain and labor top list of risks in manufacturing industry
Skilled worker shortage concerns heightened by industry growth.

Machine vision sales in North America grow 10% in Q1 2014
Components, cameras, lighting and software each up by 25% or more.

Crown wins 2014 Int’l Forklift Truck of the Year award
Product wins in “Warehouse Trucks” category during a test week in real-world conditions.

Habasit America and Crown Plastics create partnership
Habasit America and Crown Plastics have joined forces to supply the Durasurf STS product.


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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