Facilities Management

Tax Credits + Incentives = a Lean Balance Sheet

If managing total cost is an essential goal of lean logistics, then the nearly 3,000 U.S. federal, state and local tax credits and incentives are a great place to start...

Wildeck Acquires Ladder Industries

On the heels of its 35th Anniversary celebration, Wildeck, Inc., headquartered in Waukesha, Wisc., has announced the acquisition of Ladder Industries, Inc. based in Goodyear, Arizona...

Conveyor Orders Down, Shipments Up

The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reported that its June 2011 Booked Orders Index was 167, down 8 points or 5% from May 2011’s Index of 175, but an increase of 1% over the June 2010 Index of 166...

Make Sure Mezzanines Stand Strong on Shaky Ground

As Japan continues to work its way through the devastation of its March earthquake and tsunami, U.S. companies should take stock of their own industrial infrastructure to make sure their people and products are protected...

IWLA Wants Exemptions from Food Safety Act Provisions

The International Warehouse Logistics Association has petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue exemptions to the Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls Provisions included in the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act...

Toyota Plant’s Parts Department Celebrates 200,000 Accident-Free Hours

Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) announced the Service Parts Management department at Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc. (TIEM) has achieved 200,000 consecutive hours worked without a recordable accident according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...

A Lean Logistics Sampler

Interested in doing some lean projects at your facility but not sure where to begin? Here are highlights from some of the best of the 400-plus projects our company’s teams have completed so far. One of them might match goals set for your operations...

Update on Crane Maintenance

Crane Training USA, Inc. will host Overhead Crane Maintenance and Inspection Training at its Cincinnati area training facility from July 25th through July 28th 2011...

Fitting Automation into a Lean Environment

There is a place for material handling automation in a lean environment, but the investment must be carefully calculated. Here are some simple formulas...