Material Handling & Logistics News
D.C. Fly-In Delivers Transportation’s Message to Law Makers
Approximately 170 truck transportation stakeholders participated in the industry-wide "Stand Up For Trucking" fly-in on Feb. 1, which resulted in approximately 140 visits to Congressional offices. ...
Diesel Engine Maker Improves Handling and Distribution
Tognum America has installed an automated material handling system (from TGW Systems) in the company’s new MTU Parts Logistics Center for North America, located near Detroit. ...
Industrial Manufacturing Leads in M&A Activity
The global industrial products (IP) industry experienced an increase in deal volume over the course of 2011—801 deals worth more than $50 million compared to 783 deals in 2010—with industrial manufacturing and metals markets leading merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, according to a series of quarterly M&A reports released this week by PwC US. ...
House Committee to “Further Study” Truck Weight Reform
When he learned that the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure decided to commit further study to the truck weight reform proposal that had been included in the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, John Runyan felt like he was reliving the same moment over again. ...
Material Handling & Logistics Features
Andel and Handling Blog
Don’t Allow a Beetles Reunion in Your Supply Chain
There aren’t many things more tenacious than an Asian longhorned beetle—except for this little piece of boilerplate copy newspaper writers have latched onto to explain how these beetles got into southern Ohio: “The beetles hitch rides to the U.S. inside wooden pallets and crates shipped from Asia.”
Logistically Speaking
Apple’s Supply Chain is in Need of Better Management
Apple loves to publicize how popular its products are with customers, but it also hates to publicize exactly who makes it products, since that information tends to raise uncomfortable questions.
Products
Calculate Liftability
Humantech’s HT NIOSH Lift Calculator for the iPad and iPhone calculates the risk associated with manual material handling tasks. ...
Pallet Offers Lip
TMF’s Protech 4048 is a heavy duty one-piece HDPE plastic pallet, with options including a ½” intermittent lip to help keep a slippery load in place. ...
Warehouse Access via Smart Phone
Accu-Sort’s AccuLazr AL5010 laser barcode scanner offers user access via the iPhone and iPad. A smartphone or tablet PC can now be used to remotely monitor and diagnose warehouse operations by accessing a web page hosted on the laser barcode scanner. ...
High-Speed In-Line Weighing
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.’s Versa Warehouse in-line scale control can weigh each package more than 100 times as it travels across the scale. This ensures accurate weight data without compromising line speeds of more than 500 feet per minute....
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