Manufacturing

The Miamisburg, Ohio site will also serve as the company’s main manufacturing facility for its North and South American operations.

Robotic materials handling technology is changing the way we move products in the plant and the distribution center.

Lift truck manufacturer celebrates 20 years in Indiana with the launch of a new series of electric vehicles

The Institute of Supply Management has reported that manufacturing activity in July was basically flat compared to June.

Results of a global study suggest that a number of indirect procurement categories have become increasingly important to chief procurement officers and their organizations.

Data collection has undergone something of a revolution. I think of it as a dimensional change. Not so long ago, we captured one-dimensional information about a product. A barcode scan at the dock identified the product that arrived and maybe when it arrived. A scan or spoken check digit at a pick face confirmed a pick. But the information didn’t tell much of a story unless you brought it all into one place.

Brown’s role is to move the growing department forward while addressing customers’ needs for quick response time and technical expertise.

What can we learn from ten companies where Made In The USA still means something.

The Institute of Supply Management reported today that while manufacturing activity in June was not as strong as it was in May, the economic recovery is moving forward.

Visualization - using graphical images on a screen - could be the next step forward in WMS technology, according to Tecsys and Next View Software.

Although the numbers are not quite as strong as the previous month, the economic recovery appears to be on solid footing, according the May manufacturing report from the Institute of Supply Management.

According to our 2010 Software User survey, nearly half of all logistics operations using a WMS are looking to upgrade over the next 12 months. Our technology correspondent explains why and then introduces us to a shipper that’s on the brink of revolutionizing its warehouse operations.

Following a 3 percent gain in the number of global manufacturers shipping to the United States from February to March, there was another 3 percent gain from March to April, according to data from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers.

The economic recovery took what could be viewed as a strong step forward based on the Institute of Supply Management’s (ISM) most recent monthly manufacturing report