When you test the softness of a cashmere Brunello Cucinelli pullover or try on a pair of knee high boots from Manolo Blahnik, it's easy to forget that luxury retailers face the same distribution issues as mass merchandise merchants. They ...
The results of Modern’s 6th Annual Salary Survey paint an appealing picture of employment in materials handling, even as young, new talent continues to trickle into the industry. At $95,010, the average base salary is the highest in ...
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Dematic, a supplier of logistics automation, warehousing, materials handling and storage systems, has received acknowledgment for achieving Silver Partnership Status with the NSW Government's Sustainability Advantage Program. The program ...
Many of Australia's and the world's best known logistics, manufacturing and distribution companies are taking advantage of the latest hosted software solutions as a means of gaining greater efficiencies in areas as diverse as accounting, ...
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Hyster, a part of NACCO Materials Handling Group, is set to commence the production of its new Hyster Reach Truck at the NMHG production plant in Masate, Italy. For this initiative, the company has closed the plant for four weeks in ...
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Danish engineering firm FL Smidth has confirmed reports in Qatari media that it is in talks to supply Qatari Investors Group with equipment and machinery to build a new cement plant to boost capacity in the region. However, the firm added ...
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Enatel Motive Power has announced its EcoCharge FS3 range of battery chargers have passed the CEC (California Energy Commission) standard for energy efficiency. Enatel Motive Power is the first large battery charger company in the world ...
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"We are on the cusp of real transformation in retail distribution and manufacturing." That was one of two quotes I highlighted in my notebook during Kevin Gue's introduction of the Material Handling & Logistics U.S. Roadmap at MHI's fall ...
AIM, the industry association and worldwide authority on bar code, RFID, RTLS and mobile computing, announced the recipients of the 2013 AIM Industry Awards during a special ceremony at their 40th Anniversary Summit in Orlando, FL last ...
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CeMAT Hannover, Europe’s largest trade show for material handling and logistics, announced today that it has entered a strategic partnership with MHI, the nation’s largest material handling, logistics and supply chain ...
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MHI, the organization representing materials handling in North America and the sponsor of ProMat and the upcoming Modex event in Atlanta, unveiled the first draft of the Material Handling & Logistics U.S. Roadmap at its annual meeting in ...
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Milmeq, a New Zealand-based food processing systems provider, has secured a A$18m ($21m) contract from Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) to provide processing equipment for its new facility at Livingstone Valley in the Northern ...
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Dave Walbran, national technical service manager, Big Lift Trucks Australia (left) with Gerry van Elden, sales and marketing manager, Big Lift Trucks Australia. Big Lift Trucks, distributors of industrial forklifts and container handling ...
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Products from Tec have been endorsed by Crossville for use with its Laminam by Crossville line of large thin porcelain panels. Crossville recently launched its line of large porcelain panels for wall and floor applications through an ...
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I'm at the APICS fall conference in Orlando this week, rubbing shoulders with folks from areas of the supply chain we don't normally talk to in Modern. APICS's roots are in operations and as such there are a number of manufacturing ...