Special Report

With a few simple prescriptions, fleet managers can plan for the unplanned, reduce costs and ramp up productivity and safety measures.

In our annual software survey, Modern readers tell us that they’re are torn between embracing change and riding out older technologies.

Modern’s 15th-annual survey of the world’s leading materials handling systems suppliers shows a continued trend of increased revenue in 2011 for the majority of the top companies.

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.

Conveyor purchases may be preparing for a pause, according to Modern’s annual survey of conveyor users.

Modern’s annual Productivity Achievement Awards honor companies that have made outstanding strides in improving operations through materials handling and related information systems.

Supply chain professionals are certainly moving toward mobile applications to improve overall operations, but just how fast is it happening?

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.

Going green isn’t going away: It’s a permanent and increasingly important part of the global business landscape—and that includes materials handling.

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.

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.

Pallets are the foundation of the materials handling industry. Here’s why they are important to our readers.

Professionals working in the materials handling industry tell Modern that optimism is on the rise and so are paychecks.

With sales on the rise for the second consecutive year, the worldwide industrial lift truck market is revved up.

The supply chain software rebound is underway. Following a tough 2009, supply chain software was up in 2010.