The Exchange; Waco, Texas Size: 650,000 square feet Products: General merchandise SKUs: 18,000 Throughput: Ships 25,000 cases per day Shifts: 2 shifts a day/5 days per week Employees: 400 A new conveyor and sortation system ...
The annual International Furniture Fair (aka the Salon del Mobile) held in Milan, Italy is traditionally where furniture designers and dealers go for inspiration and trend watching. This year, however, rather than taking innovation to bold ...
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The base Exchange store is both a perk and tradition of military life. Every day, millions of active duty and retired service personnel and their families shop at the Exchange for everything from candy bars to lawn mowers. Merchandise is ...
Saxco International has created new packaging design for L’Chaim Kosher Vodka, which is being introduced for Jewish population by brand owner Ralph Mizraji of Bal Harbour. Saxco new product development manager Jimmy Owens said the ...
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BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S4 smartphones, both designed to meet the demands of a growing BYOD marketplace. Yet, it still ...
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Global sales of tablet computers surged in the first quarter of 2013, led by Android-powered devices that outpaced gains by Apple's iPads, a research firm says. IDC said the worldwide tablet market saw sizzling growth of 142.4 per cent ...
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In the last two years, there has been a lot of buzz around a new generation of warehouse control systems (WCS). These solutions are taking on the order fulfillment tasks once assigned to a warehouse management system (WMS), especially in ...
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Pallets move the world. That’s the tagline for the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association. When it comes to shipping, there’s little question that it’s a global world. Pallets produced in North America are likely ...
Bunge North America has opened its new packaging facility in Decatur, Alabama, in a bid to improve its manufacturing processes to better serve customers in the southeastern US. Bunge Oils southeast region director of operations Beau ...
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Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/29/2013 8:53:05 AM The PaQ-N-Seal automatic case sealer with packing station is designed for operations that require manual packing due to low-volume or offline products. This ...
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As soon as the private sector concludes the work of setting up the offloading and onloading unit at the Shahid Rajaee port in the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, the port would become the largest cotton transit terminal in ...
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Scott Prillaman Full-line furniture supplier Hooker Furniture has promoted Scott Prillaman to the new position of vice president, U.S. case goods operations. Prillaman has been with Hooker for 23 years in roles including warehousing, ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company's reentry into the consumer tablet market after the TouchPad imploded in 2011. The tablet became available first in the ...
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The Minnesota National Guard Armory in Pine City, Minn., is using dynamic glass from SAGE to help improve the effectiveness of soldier training in the facility. The 1976-built Armory, home to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 94th Calvary ...
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Being able to make something by their own merit is what many "DIY" people strive for. To them there is nothing better than being able to say, "I did this". Having the ability to create something, anything, no matter how big or small will ...