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Speed, safety, reliability … today's conveyor buyers want it all. And if they act fast, they're likely to get it.

It's not often that a hair-care professional proposes 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.

Today he heads one of the most complicated distribution networks in the nation. But Steve Inacker started in the business at the ground level—literally—as part of a conveyor installation crew.

Here are eight of the best new picking technologies you've probably never heard of. Go ahead, take your pick.

One company needed a way to sort plumbing fixtures; the other needed help assembling massive but varied retail orders. The answer for both? Sortation systems.

How Urban Outfitters grew from campus specialty shop to global chain without overtaxing its distribution network.

Filling orders from an inventory of 69,000 parts sounds anything but simple. Yet the folks at Future Electronics' new DC insist their workers could do it with their eyes closed.