Technology

Presenting weight, time/date and other data in scale transactions, the XR 8M and XR 12M bright-red LED remote displays include a 5- x 7-inch matrix that slides, scrolls or flashes an alphanumeric message.

This year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show results exceed show management and exhibitor expectations.

New framework is designed to reduce costs, assess capabilities and initiate continuous improvement process

The expanded footprint will allow the company to domestically manufacture automated storage and retrieval machines and automated guided vehicles in addition to conveyor, sortation and order fulfillment technology.

Sea Star Line announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Mark-It Services to equip their reefers with both Global Positioning and Radio Frequency Identifications Systems

The Port of Los Angeles has been awarded a $731,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) to purchase and test new technology that could significantly reduce diesel emissions and greenhouse gases from rubber tired gantry cranes, which are used for stacking containers.

The voice of reason was sounded in the Senate yesterday when legislation was introduced to suspend the 100 percent scanning requirement for ocean cargo containers.

Could managed services be the new business model for RFID? That’s one of the questions being asked by the industry, according to VDC Research Group.

One of the emerging stories in the RFID market is the convergence of technologies around RFID, especially sensing technologies.

Every year for the past five years or so has been the year RFID was going to take off in the supply chain. Too often, the reality failed to live up to the hype. That may be about to change, according to a new survey of RFID users from VDC Research Group ([url=http://www.vdcresearch.com]http://www.vdcresearch.com[/url]), the Massachusetts based technology research firm.

As noted in our news section last week by my colleague, Jeff Berman, the Ports of Los Angles and Long Beach are back on track to handle Peak Season volumes once again. But Southern California shippers will be keeping an eye on how labor/management negotiations are going before committing to any long-term strategies at these key ocean cargo gateways

Located in Germany, the new facility features multiple integrated materials handling solutions to demonstrate business critical material flow scenarios.

You’ve heard about cloud computing. Get ready for RFID in the cloud.

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