Feature Articles

61. Indirect Influencers: How I.T., Management And Maintenance Can Positively Impact Warehouse Productivity 2/22/2012
    With a decline in manpower on the typical warehouse floor, automation improvements will have incrementally less impact, and exceptions will have incrementally greater impact.
62. Quality Refrigerated Services & LXE Case Study 2/22/2012

    The Worthington facility, acquired by Quality in December 2010, primarily handles fresh pork for JBS, the largest animal protein processor in the world. The 12 million-pound facility can handle 250,000 cases of meat. In the fall, approximately three million pounds of product or 60,000 cases, move in and out of the facility every week, with Quality providing all the inventory control and tracking to facilitate shipping of various products.

     
63. When Good To Know Is Just Not Good Enough 1/5/2012
    Analytical or Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions have been developed with a primary focus on “informing”. Through a myriad of methods, visualization techniques, KPIs and more recently predictive tools, BI can provide an excellent view of what has happened in the business (and to a more limited extent) what may happen in the future.
64. Faster Means Fresher 11/10/2011
    After originally opening as an Italian deli and small restaurant specializing in organic fresh pasta and sauces, owner Steve Simonovich transitioned Santa Cruz Pasta Factory into a manufacturing and production operation. Now distributing to Bay Area grocery stores such as Whole Foods, Simonovich began running into trouble with his company's manual processes — seeing a major increase in invoicing errors costing hundreds of dollars each month.
65. Minera Norway: Slate Manufacturer Implements Intermec RFID 11/10/2011
    Minera Norway, a Norwegian slate manufacturer, cuts slate rock into tiles and blocks used for flooring, walkways, roofing, and other applications. These products are then stored in an outdoor yard on pallets where they await shipment. However, because of the yard's size — 215,280 square feet — and large quantity of products, the company was easily losing track of where pallets were located and where their inventory was stored.
66. HAVI Logistics: Efficient, End-To-End Tracking And Tracing For Frozen Foods 11/10/2011
    For restaurant chains, quality assurance is vital. For a highly specialized logistics company like HAVI Logistics GmbH who supplies all the European restaurants of probably the most well-known foodservice retailer in the world several times a week with food and non-food items, it is an absolute must. As is end-to-end tracking and tracing of goods from arrival at the logistics company through to delivery to the restaurant branch.
67. Advance Car Carriers: In It For The Long Haul 11/10/2011
    How enterprise mobility is allowing Advance Car Carriers to improve delivery accuracy and efficiency
68. Efficiency — Field To Fork 11/10/2011
    For Washington Fruit & Produce, Co., one of Washington state's largest shippers of apples, maintaining the most effective technology possible for distribution center (DC) operations is a constant requirement.
69. Tracking To The Right POD System In Food Distribution 11/10/2011
    The food industry is like no other. The distribution process through the supply chain must be timelier, more efficient and more accurate than nearly any other industry. If that was not enough challenge the food distributors have the daunting task in today's economy of not only complying with food industry regulations but also efficiently operating large fleets, managing a mobile workforce, and keep an eye on all important customer service quality.
70. Evaluating Handheld Computing Devices For Support Of DoD Operations 11/10/2011
    The U.S. military was one of the earliest adopters of handheld computers, and is today one of the largest users of the devices. DoD personnel all over the world use wireless handheld computers to take inventory of supplies and equipment, record inspection and maintenance data, manage shipments and support other military operations. Many of these activities take place in remote locations that require specialized, ruggedized mobile computers.