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Pack Expo Las Vegas 2015 to be largest ever
Registration opens for 2015’s largest processing and packaging event in North America and the Las Vegas debut of the co-located Pharma EXPO.

Barcoding, Inc. Launches Supply Chain Architecture Practice
Company creates dedicated practice for the identification, formulation and management of perfect order fulfillment processes.

RPA issues guidelines to strengthen safety of returnable containers in food supply chains
Extensive input from suppliers and end-users results in best practices for retailers, growers, and providers of RPCs.

United Pallet Services to partner with Virginia Tech for ProMat 2015 pallet education session
Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design (CPULD) at Virginia Tech University to discuss advantages and disadvantages of all types of pallets.

Wine & spirits distribution: The right blend of automation
Though subject to unique constraints, advances in the distribution of wine and spirits holds lessons for the wider industry.

RPA Announces Reusable Packaging Forum
RPA creates opportunity for supply chain professionals to benchmark, discuss, and solve challenges with reusables.

Retail: What’s in store for e-commerce operations
As inventory visibility advances the art of omni-channel fulfillment, retail stores and distribution centers are driven to develop new skill sets

ABB joins leading Industrial Internet Consortium to promote best practices
The Industrial Internet Consortium, or IIC, was founded in March 2014 to drive innovation, develop standards, boost interoperability and ensure security.

Fleet management switches gears
As the industry successfully harnesses the wealth of available fleet data, opportunities for improvement extend throughout the business.

CEMA expands membership to the Americas
Inclusion of South American countries over next five years will include Spanish-language versions of standards and resources.

The changing world of industrial distribution
As customer expectations parallel those in retail, industrial distributors are breaking out of traditional solutions to meet the e-commerce challenge.

4 ways the Internet of Things will reshape manufacturing
Equipment uptime and diagnostics among top-use scenarios, but experts agree that it is still early days for IoT adoption.

General Mills goes vertical to optimize space
By consolidating rack systems at its Cedar Rapids plant, General Mills increased storage capacity and freed up space.

The state of cloud solutions in the warehouse
WMS lags other categories in cloud adoption, but is poised for growth as solutions scale up to meet the needs of larger sites.

Lift truck fleet management: Deploy, discover, decide
Optimizing a fleet is not an exact science. Although technology can help, it’s often the culture on the floor that makes or breaks a fleet management program.


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2023 is here, and so are new warehousing trends.
Extend the Life of Brownfield Warehouses
Extend the Life of Brownfield Warehouses
Today’s robotic and data-driven automation systems can minimize disruptions and improve the life and productivity of warehouse operations.
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