DC Velocity Top Articles
Express Lane
By investing in some new conveyors
and pop-up sorter, online grocer
Peapod eliminated a notorious
bottleneck in its DC operation and
boosted capacity by 50 percent.
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ArticleStage Right
Flow-through DC designs a
sophisticated management software to
help set the stage for this
retailer's success in reaching
small, out-of-the-way markets.<<<<Read
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You can get what you want
Speed, safety,
reliability...today's conveyor
buyers want it all. And if
they act fast, they're likely to get
it.<<<<Read
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Adding a little to the top
It's not often that a hair-care professional
proposed to add a little to the top. But
for hair salon chain Regis Corporation, that's
precisely what it took to avert a DC space
crunch.<<<<Read Full
Article
Conveyor sales keep rolling along
Any doubt about the conveyor market's health has
been put to rest by the latest figures from the
Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA)...<<<<Read
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MHEDA Top Articles Essentials in
profitable inside sales in distribution
Inside sales professionals are taking on greater
responsibility for their companies’ profitability and assuming many of the
duties formerly performed by outside sales reps.
<<<<Read Full Article Facing the
forces of change
This all-new report
provides wholesaler-distributors, manufacturers, suppliers, and their customers
with strategic insights into the key business and economic trends affecting the
wholesale distribution supply chain through 2012.<<<<Read
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MMH Top Articles
Automatic palletizers increase throughput by 50%
Manual palletizing of printed newspapers was becoming increasingly
ineffective at News International, publisher of several of London's prominent
dailies.
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Accurate weighing boosts
production rates
Rinker Materials Corp. knows all about heavy-duty materials handling.
This manufacturer of bulk masonry materials produces bags of cement, each
weighing up to 100 pounds.<<<<Read
Full Article Flexible order fulfillment: the latest style for
salons
For East Coast Salon Services, a full-service distributor of salon and spa
products to the professional beauty industry, flexible order picking is
everything.<<<<Read
Full Article The right tote for the job
Charles Shaw, vice president of operations at Carquest Auto Parts, was well
acquainted with the benefits of nestable, reusable containers: Reduced return
shipping and storage costs, better product protection and improved efficiencies
throughout the distribution system.<<<<Read
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