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Keep it simple, kids
Don’t try to turn your distribution center into a superstar if you don’t have the basics down first.
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Facility Systems & Maintenance
BIG PICTURE
The future is plastics … just less of them
As the world’s plastic waste problem mounts, our supply chains should take the lead in eliminating single-use plastics.
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Applications
Shipping supply company turns up the lights
Packaging materials distributor Uline needed help designing a new lighting solution for its Washington warehouse. Cree Lighting was able to illuminate the path forward.
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Saddle Creek adds Kentucky site to expand omnichannel business
110-door, e-commerce fulfillment center will be located 20 miles south of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
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World’s stock of warehouses to rise from 150,000 to 180,000 in five years
Pandemic e-commerce rates will outlast vaccine, boosting demand for labor and automation, Interact Analysis says.
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In Person
In Person Interview: Vincent Halma of SSI Schaefer
In our continuing series of discussions with top supply-chain company executives, Vincent Halma of SSI Schaefer discusses the effects of Covid-19 on the market and how automation will shape the future of facility design.
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Podcasts
The Logistics Matters podcast: Combilft's Martin McVicar on adjusting operations in light of Covid-19; layoffs in logistics; truckers get a pay bump | Season 1 Episode 8
Combilift's Martin McVicar on tells us how the company's manufacturing operations have been adjusted to accommodate Covid-related safety measures, how Combilift communicates with customers without face-to-face meeting, and how his company developed a ventilator device to help the with the coronavirus. Also: layoffs in the logistics sector; truckers earn higher pay.
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