Industrial Technology News Archive
Signs of Strength, Weakness in 2011
Some of the largest U.S. banks have increased their lending to companies, according to researchers at Moody's Analytics. The Wall Street Journal reports this is a sign that hiring may be around the corner, as a percentage of loans normally goes to business expansion...
Growth Expected for Material Handling Equipment
Hal Vandiver, executive vice president of business development for Material Handling Industry of America, delivered an economic outlook for the material handling sector at the recent ProMat 2011 Show Pro event in Atlanta. His assessment was a mix of optimism and caution...
Datalogic Leads Wireless Supply Chain Project
Datalogic will coordinate a research project funded by the European Commission entitled SELECT (Smart and Efficient Location, Identification and Cooperation Techniques). The project focuses on designing an automatic wireless system for identifying and detecting objects in real time within the supply chain...
Retailers, Manufacturers Unite on Item Level RFID
A group of leading retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, industry associations, technology providers and academia today introduced a broad-based initiative to guide the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in retail. The initial focus of the Item Level RFID Initiative will be within the apparel sector...
Item-Level RFID is here. Finally.
We are living in an era of constant change, constant technological evolution—and now and then a revolution that fundamentally changes the way we do business...
Printers & Labeling Systems
Mobility, traceability, and communicability are the trends driving today's printer developments. All of them will help you be a better supply chain partner...
2010 The Year of the Material Handling Robot
The Robotics Industry Association (RIA) reports that North American overall robot sales are up 40% in the first half of the year...
VRCs Detect Jams, Reduce Damage
Wildeck’s AutoSenz M-Series modular safety sensor is now an integral part of the company’s vertical reciprocating conveyor control system. It provides standard auto-ranging overload/VRC jam protection that will minimize damage to material and equipment should items become jammed during the lifting operation...
Planning for picking? Pick your plan
Choosing the appropriate picking solution requires a thorough analysis of your business and your future. Narrow down your plans, then pick...
Food Banks Raise Interest in Voice to Keep Costs Low
Consortium uses voice picking software to increase productivity 20% and make better use of labor in receiving, selecting and shipping for their clients...
Serge Blanco Scores With RFID
Item-level RFID tracking helps European sportswear retailer improve supply chain speed and accuracy...
Teklogix opens innovation pool
Psion Teklogix, Inc., Psion Teklogixa global provider of mobile computing solutions, introduced a global Partner Program that opens opportunities for its value-added resellers, systems integrators, application providers and hardware partners to co-create mobile hardware, software and services. The program will combine the best of existing mobile devices with customized proprietary devices. It also combines discounts, marketing materials and funds, technical support and training...
Dematic opens European Technology Center
Dematic, supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and the distribution center, has opened a new Technology Center in Europe. The new site, located near Frankfurt, Germany, is a logistics solution demonstration facility. It features multiple integrated material handling solutions including goods to person order selection, mixed case palletizing, automated storage buffers, and load sequencing...
Improve Supply Chain Execution with Better Technology
The importance of information to the success of supply chains is stronger than ever given economic conditions. Information is what links every node and enterprise of a supply chain. And that's where supply chain execution software and related data capture technologies come into the picture...
Owens & Minor Adopts 3PL Solution to Improve Pharma Distribution
OM HealthCare Logistics, a new business unit of Owens & Minor, a distributor of medical and surgical supplies, has adopted RedPrairie's Warehouse Management solution to direct operations over its flagship third-party logistics distribution center...
The Power of Production Control Boards
The production control board is a key visual tool for enabling the efficient management of a lean operation...
Navarre Adds 3PL Services Using WMS Technology
Navarre Corp., a distributor and publisher of computer software and home entertainment products, has begun offering third-party logistics (3PL) services to its customers thanks in part to its adoption of warehouse management system (WMS) technology...
Accuracy Rates Shine Through at Retailer's DC
Lighting retailer Lamps Plus has greatly improved accuracy rates within its distribution network thanks to it adoption of warehouse management and labor management solutions...
Inmar Names President of Reverse Logistics
Inmar has named Jeff Pepperworth as the company’s president of reverse logistics...
RedPrairie Appoints New Presidents
RedPrairie Corp. has appointed Joe Juliano to the position of president for the Americas, and Doug Braun to the position of president for global operations...
Infor Acquires Bridgelogix
Software provider Infor has acquired Bridgelogix, a supplier of barcode data collection technologies...
International Barcode Standard Available for Review
The Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) announces that the public review draft of the International Symbology Specification is available for a 60-day public review...
RedPrairie Acquires SmartTurn
RedPrairie Corp. has completed its acquisition of SmartTurn, a provider of on-demand inventory and warehouse management system (WMS) software...
Signature Brands Deploys Mobile Distribution System
Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Signature Brands has deployed a mobile solution based on speech recognition to improve accuracy and efficiency within its distribution center (DC)...
SATO America Acquires AIDC Integrator
SATO America Inc., a provider of automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technology, such as barcode printing, labeling and EPC/RFID, plans to acquire NODOS S.A., an integrator of AIDC and point-of-sale (POS) systems based in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
