Modern Materials Handling Magazine Archives

AEO is taking a new approach to fulfillment, especially e-fulfillment, inside and outside the four walls of its distribution centers. The focus is on speed.

From these sessions, you will see that operations of all sizes can adopt any technology necessary, allowing you to reimagine your processes and embrace the changes necessary to orchestrate an end-to-end, digital supply chain.

Computerized maintenance management software is a tough one to argue against with continued pressure on materials handling equipment uptime and performance efficiency without interruption. In fact, it can make both maintenance and operations better.

It’s a battle out there, but new approaches are making progress to bring the best maintenance techs into the industry.

Warehouses and fulfillment centers are increasingly automated, asset-intensive operations with multiple types of automation systems and robotics that need to work together to hit throughput goals. Consulting and assessments can identify likely solutions, but to get a solid prediction of what integrated systems can achieve, digital models and simulation are being widely used.

Coming out of Covid, operational conditions are evolving, but remain highly challenging, with increased or unusual inventory levels, supply chain delays, increased employee turnover,

Managing lift truck safety is daunting in today’s hectic materials handling environments, but safety-related technology is advancing rapidly, with sensor-driven solutions available that promise to avoid incidents before they happen.

Demand for pallets is up by about 25% this year. Here’s how manufacturers and users are addressing the demand, meeting those needs and finding alternatives to traditional options.

Once viewed as cost prohibitive, facilities of all stripes and sizes can now find palletizing within their reach.

Aurobindo Pharma USA implements an AS/RS as a foundation for space and throughput efficiencies at its New Jersey DC, yielding a storage capacity increase of 450%.

From film to human-machine interface controls and new wrapping patterns, stretch-wrapped loads are steadily becoming more secure at a lower cost.

Training and technology, including wearables that detect risky movements, can make a physically demanding job safer.