Facilities Management News Archive
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...
Why Lean Supply Chains are Strongest
By embracing lean principles while learning the total costs, vulnerabilities and continuities of their supply chains, companies can gain a clear competitive advantage...
When JIT Gives Lean a Bad Name
Just-In-Time doesn’t work if the concept is based on Same-Old-Ways. Lean business practices require strategy and reinvention...
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...
Continuous Improvement: General Cable’s Quest for Quality
General Cable takes a creative approach to better understand what causes defects...
Warehouse Boasts "Largest Solar Installation"
"Gloucester Marine Terminal announced that it is partnering with solar technology provider SunPower Corp. to build what they say is the largest rooftop solar installation in North America...
Big Box DCs Driving Industrial Real Estate
The industrial property sector is being propped up by demand for big box distribution centers in major U.S. markets, but activity is slowly filtering to the second tier markets, according to the Jones Lang LaSalle’s Spring Industrial Outlook...
OSHA Can Now Subpoena Safety Audits
Last month, a federal district court ruled that OSHA has the right to subpoena safety audits and other records prepared by an employer’s insurance carrier. The court also ordered the carrier to testify about the records...
Honeywell to Acquire EMS Technologies
Honeywell announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EMS Technologies, Inc., provider of connectivity solutions for mobile networking, rugged mobile computers, and satellite communications...
How Sustainability Leads to Profitable Business Practices
Lift truck manufacturer Crown Equipment Corp. explains how to become a valued corporate citizen by mixing environmental sustainability into the profit motive...
All DHL North American Facilities Certified for Security
Following the recent certification of its Los Angeles and San Francisco gateways by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA), DHL Express has achieved full TAPA certification for all of its key North American facilities...
Optimizing All Aspects of the Supply Chain
Batesville Casket has become more productive by improving product quality while reducing waste...
OSHA Cites Conveyor Maker for Safety Violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Webb-Stiles of Alabama Inc., manufacturers of custom conveyor systems, for 21 safety and health violations. The citations, carrying fines of $69,300, were issued after OSHA conducted an inspection under its Site-Specific Targeting Program focused on industries with high injury and illness rates...
Security Storage Rebrands as Secor Group
Security Storage Company of Washington and its 11 corporate affiliates launched their new brand, The Secor Group...
Sixty Percent of Sealed Air Plants Avoid Landfills
Sealed Air, manufacturer of packaging materials and equipment systems, announced that 60% of its global manufacturing facilities attained “zero waste-to-landfill” for plastic raw material usage in 2010...
Sustainability is Not a Goal. It’s a Strategy.
The effort to be “green” needs to be balanced with other business considerations if it to be effective...
The Need for Speed
Carrier Charlotte focuses on supply chain management, process capability and workforce engagement to triumph in the “war on cost.”...
What Logistics Can Learn from LEED
Many supply chain leaders devoted to environmental sustainability practice what they preach by designing those values into their industrial facilities...
