2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (124+ words) mmh.com Building a Safer Warehouse: Strategies for Today’s Evolving Operations As warehouses and distribution centers become increasingly automated and fast-paced, creating and maintaining a safe work environment has never been more critical. From lift trucks and autonomous mobile robots…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (520+ words) Modern Materials Handling Vecna Robotics raises $31 million in new funding Additional funding will help company meet increasing demand for industrial robotics systems. Vecna Robotics announced $31 million in additional funding to meet what the company describes as surging demand across the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (493+ words) Modern Materials Handling AI training could help manufacturers close the hiring gap AI-based tools could accelerate workforce training and help address the manufacturing workforce shortage. A new study from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute (the workforce development and education affiliate…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (500+ words) Modern Materials Handling Global manufacturing growth forecast at 3.2% Expansion of new sectors contributing to 'tentative' growth according to new report. Despite a tempered growth forecast earlier this year as a result of the US-Iran war, The global manufacturing industry is…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (329+ words) Modern Materials Handling HVAC distributor boosts picking efficiency by 25% with new WMS Hirsch Pipe & Supply streamlines warehouse workflows with PathGuide Latitude WMS. California-based HVAC and plumbing distributor Hirsch Pipe & Supply has improved picking efficiency by 25% after deploying PathGuide’s Latitude Warehouse…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (388+ words) Modern Materials Handling Swedish automation specialist MotionTech enters U.S. market The company has launched a U.S.-based sales office to support its growing base of North American customers. Sweden-based MotionTech, which provides material handling automation technolgy, announced that it is entering the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1455+ words) There’s no getting around it. Workforce development doesn’t get the attention it needs. To begin, the whole matter of finding, training and retaining talent is slippery at best. On a good day, some people go home feeling that they accomplished…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (485+ words) In the 22 years I’ve been covering the materials handling and logistics markets, few operational challenges have been as persistent—or as stubborn—as returns. Think about everything that’s changed during the past two decades. We’ve watched warehouse automation skyrocket, software…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1677+ words) Take incomplete picking tasks, for example. In the past, when a robot arrived at a location that didn’t have enough inventory to complete the pick, it would skip that item. The GEODIS team then had to determine what hadn’t been…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (436+ words) Mrs. Gerry’s was growing, but its packaging line was becoming a bottleneck. Minnesota-based maker of refrigerated salads and side dishes relied on a hand-packing process that required as many as 12 employees. Frequent product changeovers and inconsistent product orientation also slowed…...