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Avondale analyst says lower diesel prices have led rail users to shift short-haul loads to trucks. Yet others say that's just one factor, if it's a factor at all.
It used to be that voice technology was used mainly for order picking and ran strictly on industrial-grade proprietary devices. Those days are fast disappearing.
Two product categories that haven't changed much in the last 10 years—batteries and chargers for lift trucks and mobile devices—are undergoing a transformation.
There's great opportunity in supporting U.S. brands that will soon have access to 12 million stuff-starved people. But as Rob Kemp and his colleagues discovered during their Cuba trade mission in March, only the very patient need apply.
To assure that the right medications get to patients right away, Toho Pharmaceutical built a distribution center that is so highly automated most of the products processed there are never touched by human hands.
Automated storage and retrieval systems aren't common in bottling operations, but an AS/RS has helped increase efficiency and reduce damage at The Glenmore Distillery's Kentucky DC.
With something as complicated as logistics outsourcing, it can pay to bring the provider into the initial planning process. And yes, that may mean picking your LSP before you even get to the RFP stage.