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Columbia Machine has further developed the Load Transfer Station (LTS) product line to include a Load Transfer Station with Pallet Cart (LTS-C)

The latest innovation from Columbia Machine is changing the future of floor level palletizers.

Columbia Machine has further developed the Load Transfer Station (LTS) product line to include a Load Transfer Station with Pallet Cart (LTS-C). he LTS-C allows the fork truck driver to place the “go to” pallet onto a pallet cart allowing the process to complete automatically.

Jim Tompkins, CEO of Tompkins International and noted supply chain expert, will reveal how retailers can tackle roadblocks and ensure successful strategies at the 2013 National Retail Federation (NRF) Global Supply Chain Summit opening keynote on May 20.

How does your IT team today determine your company’s current industrial wireless system needs and assess whether they are being met? When was the last time the wireless network at your industrial sites was upgraded or refreshed – does it lag behind the deployment of new mobile devices or applications?

Peerless Research Group, the survey captures revealing—and sometimes surprising—information about the many ways a lift truck might make its way from the supplier’s showroom to the warehouse floor. From corporate policies to gut instincts, the results depict a real-world fleet landscape poised for sweeping change.

The Science of Palletizing is an educational introduction to the basics of unit-load forming and is designed to familiarize you with the fundamentals of palletizing.

With suppliers jumping on the RFID bandwagon and more deployments looming on the horizon, the future of RFID remains promising. Here are the market drivers that continue to push ADC/RFID adoption and examples of facilities that are putting it to work.

Contract logistics enables businesses to outsource distribution and warehousing solutions and drive value through superior return on your capital, sustained growth, and proactive risk management.

The “Unlocking Hidden Cost in the Distribution Center” research examines current views on distribution center trends and challenges from senior supply chain and distribution center managers within the UK, France, Germany and Northern America.

Sales associates in Lord & Taylor's flagship New York Fifth Avenue store now use RFID to automatically improve display sample inventory processes and visibility, and can attribute a 4% increase in sales to more complete floor displays.

The RFID chatter is getting louder. After conducting successful pilots of item-level RFID initiatives, Walmart, then American Apparel, and now Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Dillards and JCPenney have all announced plans to roll out EPC (electronic product code)-enabled, RFID technology at the item level in their stores this year.

Last year, the market for data capture solutions used in factories, warehouses and logistics applications notched $11.066 billion in sales, according to Massachusetts-based VDC Research Group. While that’s a modest increase over 2010’s estimate of $10.6 billion, the outlook going forward is positive, even in a choppy economy, according to Michael Liard, VDC’s vice president of AutoID.

MSC Industrial Supply delivers on same-day shipping. The distributor of industrial supplies delivers on customer service guarantee with automated approach.

Lord & Taylor faced an all-too-common retail problem: you can’t sell what you don’t show. In the fast-changing, high-turnover arena of fashion, hot items fly off the shelves – and unless the display floor is quickly and properly stocked, the next potential sales opportunity can fly away, too.

Columbia Machine's HL 6000 Dual Infeed Palletizer maximizes productivity for Ken's Foods

Utah Brewers Cooperative improves efficiency with Columbia Machine's Floor Level Integrated Palletizer

“The machine is worth its weight in gold.” Says Dave Whaley, Assistant Supervisor, from McDougall & Sons. What machine? You might be asking yourself. It is Columbia Machine’s Load Transfer Station.

Columbia Machine's palletizers have helped Hood River Distillers run a cost efficient and reliable operation

There are plenty of usual suspects when hunting for improved efficiencies in any lift truck fleet. For example, aging equipment, truck abuse and under-utilized assets are all key sources of unanticipated maintenance costs. But are breakdowns, excessive damage and unnecessary trucks really unanticipated? To help fleet managers identify and pre-empt unanticipated costs, Modern spoke with some of the leading experts in the market to compile best practices.