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Supply Chain Software Survey: Off the fence and into the future
May 1, 2013
Modern readers evaluate their usage of materials handling software technology, its value to their organizations, and spending plans for expanding and updating existing applications.
Conveyor technology: Are you thinking differently?
April 1, 2013
With new distribution requirements and more investment in automation underway, Modern set out to find how readers are now approaching the use of conveyors and sortation systems.
2013 Warehouse/DC Equipment and Technology Survey: Moving more, spending less
March 1, 2013
Our annual outlook survey finds the industry steadying for a new, slower pace of growth following the release of pent-up demand after the downturn. Yet, even as planned spending drops off, facility activity is the highest since 2007—signaling that “doing more with less” has stuck.
Pallet Survey: The pulse on pallets
November 1, 2012
From wood to plastic to pallet pools, our readers tell us what’s important in pallets.
2012 Warehouse/DC Operations Survey: Mixed signals
November 1, 2012
A record response reveals that readership is divided in terms of investment: One side remains cautious, while the other is on the verge of making significant changes to their warehouse/DC operations.
Modern’s 5th Annual Salary Survey
September 1, 2012
Companies are increasingly rewarding hard work by key players in an effort to not only keep them around, but keep them happy.
2012 Software Reader Survey: A technology tug-of-war
May 1, 2012
In our annual software survey, Modern readers tell us that they’re are torn between embracing change and riding out older technologies.
Lift truck user survey: How customers acquire, maintain and replenish their fleets
April 1, 2012
Lift truck usage survey offers most comprehensive snapshot available of current U.S. fleet management practices.
2012 Industry Outlook: Momentum stalls
March 1, 2012
Modern’s 2012 outlook finds that overall market uncertainty has slowed materials handling spending and has increased facility consolidation and engineered process improvements. Cost containment has returned as the most important issue of the day.
Reader Survey: Conveyor technology
February 1, 2012
Conveyor purchases may be preparing for a pause, according to Modern’s annual survey of conveyor users.
2011 Warehouse/DC Operations Survey
November 16, 2011
The 6th Annual Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Operations Survey findings reveal that inventory turns are not improving, more DCs are closing rather than opening, and many companies are remaining cautious with equipment investment.
2011 Warehouse/DC Operations Survey: Still doing more with less
November 1, 2011
Our 2011 findings reveal that inventory turns are not improving, more DCs are closing rather than opening, and many companies are remaining cautious with equipment investment.
Pallet reader survey: Usage on the rise
October 1, 2011
For those outside of the materials handling industry, pallets might seem like a just basic commodity. But for those of us on the inside, pallets are an essential component that can have a major impact on an operation’s process and ultimately its bottom line. In August, Modern’s 2011 Pallet Survey was sent out to subscribers. We received 594 qualified responses from readers employed at a facility that actually uses pallets. Here’s what the readers told us.
Reader Survey: Pallet usage on the rise
October 1, 2011
Pallets are the foundation of the materials handling industry. Here’s why they are important to our readers.
Reader survey findings show concern over possible double-dip recession
August 22, 2011
Amid the swell of turbulence the economy is riding on, due to an incredibly shaky and unpredictable economic recovery, the downgrading of the United States credit rating and subsequent giant swings in the stock market, it is fair to say logistics professionals are concerned about the possibility of a double-dip recession rearing its ugly head.