System Report

Modern’s annual Productivity Achievement Awards honor companies that have made exceptional operational improvements through materials handling systems.

Automatic trailer unloading and automated storage come together to handle 3,500 pallets per day in and out of NewCold’s new distribution center.

In Burley, Idaho, NewCold built a 180,000-square-foot freezer distribution center that brings a new level of efficiency to handling frozen food, including a tight integration with its customer’s operations.

From conventional to automated, from vegetables to natural disaster relief, this year's cover stories explore how improving operations enhances customer service and profitability.

GE Appliances may not have taken all of the touches out of its distribution processes, but it has reduced them to a bare minimum, increased the velocity of product moving through its facilities and sped up training time. The key: A digital transformation with next-generation technologies like IoT, AI and VR.

When Toll designed a state-of-the-art e-fulfillment distribution center, it combined goods-to-person piece picking with AGVs to optimize pallet movement. The result is a safer and more productive facility.

Indiana University Health’s new distribution center drives a new level of efficiency.

Turn 14 Distribution’s new DCs rely on a homegrown WMS, weighing and dimensioning, and disciplined process to speed deliveries to customers.

A Pennsylvania-based distributor of performance auto parts moved from conventional to automated processes and expanded its network from one to three DCs. The result: improved accuracy, throughput and industry-leading customer service.

Adore Me Services’ new distribution center brings together automated order fulfillment and sortation.

When natural disasters strike, the Defense Logistics Agency brings its distribution and logistics expertise to support relief efforts.

Modern’s annual Productivity Achievement Awards honor companies that have made exceptional operational improvements through materials handling systems.

Mobile collaborative robots have increased productivity and throughput at GEODIS’ Indianapolis e-fulfillment center.

Modern's cover stories in 2018 profiled some of the companies whose success is emblematic of a thriving industry.

EDC brought in a WMS, lights, powered conveyor and sortation to write a new chapter in the book distributor’s distribution story.