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Tracking options pursued after salmonella scare By Allison Manning, Associate Editor, 7/31/2008
The most recent salmonella scare and subsequent recall of tomatoes is providing an extra push for produce handlers to get serious about supply chain technology. More
No more heavy lifting By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 08/01/2008
Thanks to the Caribbean tourist trade, there’s strong demand for bottled drinking water on the island of Puerto Rico. With sales growing at a steady clip, Cristalia Premium Water recently found it was having difficulty keeping up with that demand. The company decided to explore automatic palletizing as a way to manage growth at its bottling plant in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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Not-for-profit pallet pool comes ashore By Tom Andel, Editor in chief - 08/01/2008
The U.S. grocery industry has a love-hate relationship with wood pallets. The love has to do with how much it depends on these things to get products through its supply chain. The hate is expressed when pallet damage causes product damage. Bruce Scholnick, president of the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA), believes a solution will be available by the end of this year.
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Food and beverage chains cut waste out of supply chain By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large - 08/01/2008
Given that companies are just now addressing what it means to be green in their materials handling operations, we talked to eight suppliers who regularly sell to food and beverage customers and asked them to focus on one of the central tenets of going green—the reduction of waste, whether that is wasted energy, wasted labor or wasted resources—and suggest ways materials handling can help that industry make better use of what they have while reducing their carbon footprint.
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CAPS joins Reuseable Packaging Association Sean Murphy, Supply Chain Management Review - 07/22/2008
A container management services company is joining forces with the Reusable Packaging Association to help develop new strategies for making supply chains “greener” and reducing packaging costs.
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Stretch wrapper reduces costs for ice pop manufacturer By Tom Andel, Editor-In-Chief - 07/01/2008
Kisko Products, one of North America's leading producers and distributors of freeze pops and premium juice products, puts a premium on safety and materials efficiency as they relate to transport packaging. Cases are hand-palletized in loads up to 40 x 48 x 70 inches maximum height, or in half-height loads.
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Automate and manage customer requirements By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large - 07/15/2008
Here are a few examples of how automated materials handling equipment and technology systems can work together to automate and manage some of the most common customer requirements.
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Takeaways Tom Andel, Editor-In-Chief, Modern Materials Handling July 14, 2008 Warming and salmonella crises hyped?
Supply chains are being sullied by our dirty carbon footprints. That’s what the... More
Takeaways Tom Andel, Editor-In-Chief, Modern Materials Handling April 24, 2008 Build your own lifeboat
The NA2008 Material Handling Show is over, but its memory lingers on. Good ones too. ... More
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