Some Choose to be Uncertified LEEDers
According to a recent MH&L Reader Quick Poll, many feel LEED certification isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Some think it’s a scam to make members of the “Green Conspiracy” a little greener—financially, that is. Another sizable number don’t even know what LEED is...
Pepsi Facility Adds AS/RS to Handle Peaks
The Pepsi Beverages Company’s (PBC) distribution facility in Tampa, FL worked with Westfalia Technologies, Inc. to commission an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) and Savanna.NET Warehouse Control System (WCS). ...
The Prices You Pay: How Real Are They?
Whether driven by market forces, inherent values or supply chain relationships, it pays to understand how the price of anything is established...
Manufacturing Production on the Rise
The U.S. economy is now in an expansion phase, with the level of production exceeding the previous business cycle peak of fourth quarter 2007, according to the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI U.S. Industrial Outlook (ER-718), a quarterly report that analyzes 27 major industries...
Many in the Dark About Handling Dead Fluorescents
The EPA estimates that approximately 75 to 80 percent of fluorescent lamps are not recycled and are usually placed in dumpsters or trash containers, presenting a considerable risk. How you replace dead fluorescent bulbs is a matter of environmental and business sustainability...
Automation’s Image Improving
The Integrated Systems and Controls (ISC) Council of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) has released Sentiment Towards Automation in Warehousing, Distribution and Manufacturing, the second in a series of Automation Reports. Several key takeaways important to the material handling and logistics industry emerged...
Conveyors in Manufacturing: Special but Simple
Modular, operator-friendly conveyor systems are helping manufacturers make better use of production space and handle an ever-broadening array of product shapes and sizes...
DHL Express Receives ISO Quality Certification
DHL Express U.S. has received the ISO 9001:2008 certification for all its U.S. locations, including service centers, gateways and hub...
Could Your Facility Survive a Safety Audit?
There are proven tools and procedures to address industrial safety. But to measure the effectiveness of safety procedures, you need a gauge. That’s where an industrial facility safety audit comes in...
Retail Chains Changing to Sustainable Hangers
The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association (VICS) released new standards created to lower the cost and reduce the environmental impact of hangers throughout the retail value chain...
Get Paid for Space Calculation
You may be surprised how much capacity is wasted in your warehouse or distribution center. Here’s how to retrieve payback from unused space...
Intelligrated Exec Anticipates Good 2011
Recent retail sales gains in the fourth quarter for the 2010 Christmas season are encouraging, according to Intelligrated CEO Chris Cole...
FedEx Commits to Greening Its Own Facilities
FedEx Express has made LEED certification the standard for all of its new buildings...
Selecting a Slotting Strategy
As supply chains move away from inventory-heavy fulfillment strategies, slotting strategies are emerging as a way for companies to improve customer service while reducing carrying costs...
CLARK Names New COO
CLARK Material Handling Company announced the promotion of Chuck Moratz to Chief Operations Officer. With this promotion, Moratz is responsible for overseeing the day to day operational and administrative functions of this lift truck provider...
Switching Gears to Save Energy Costs
High efficiency motors and gear reducers can make a dramatic impact on energy cost and consumption...
Retrofit for Real ROI
Whether staying in your current building or moving into another, there are things you can do to maximize the return on your improvement investment...
Low-Hanging Fruit: Packing a Wallop to Your Bottom Line
There’s often a lot of waste associated with putting your product in a case or an envelope. Identifying wasted material and motion is the first step toward meaningful savings...
3PL: Provider or Partner?
The ability to analyze these qualities in a 3PL will help you base the relationship on a solid footing and establish realistic goals for supply chain efficiencies...
Traceability Still Trumped by Cost-Cutting
While establishing traceability strategies has become a priority for food service executives, cost cutting initiatives remain at the top of the priority list for 2011, according to a survey released by Voxware, supplier of software for voice-driven warehousing operations...
Cutting Miles and Inventory Piles
Transportation and distribution represent rich opportunities for shared sustainability and profitability among supply chain partners...
Focus on Your Supply Chain Assets
Northwest Florida is reinventing itself as a logistics hot spot...
MHI Prepares for Lithium-Ion Battery Production
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed construction of a commercial production verification plant for lithium-ion secondary batteries at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. The plant has a production capacity of 66 MWh (megawatt hours) of batteries a year, which is equivalent to 400,000 medium-size cells. Going forward MHI will verify various technologies as it aims for an early startup of full-scale commercial production...
Swinging for the Fences
ASW Global earns respect by the way it performs for its customers...
Facility Tour Souvenirs
The most worthwhile takeaways may be found on a walk through your own distribution center...
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