Warehouses

New officers and board members of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), an education and research foundation affiliated with IARW, were elected at the 122nd IARW-WFLO Convention & Expo, which was held in May 2013 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.

2012 3PL report and predictions show modest growth, little help from Washington.

Swisslog in North America will include the PAS technology as part of its solution portfolio.

Agreement will supply the latest technologies for automating pick, pack, and ship order fulfillment to the Australian-New Zealand markets.

Food distributor piloted A700 to achieve an 80% error reduction and 12% productivity boost.

Jay Leno to be keynote speaker at Park City event.

IARW president and vice president of Global Cold Chain Alliance comments on the rankings.

Online resource for material handling professionals and facility managers includes information on sourcing forklift equipment and services.

To support the productive enterprise, supply chains must embrace resiliency and become “massively multidimensional.”

Despite clear inefficiencies, many are reluctant to make change until the damage is done.

Leadership summit unites robotics leaders and newcomers in search of problems that need solving.

A record response reveals that readership is divided in terms of investment: One side remains cautious, while the other is on the verge of making significant changes to their warehouse/DC operations.

At Toyota’s Kentucky assembly plant, automatic tuggers, carts and AGVs are part of a winning assembly system that competes on a global basis.

Automatic tuggers and carts are moving materials once handled by conventional industrial trucks.

Bill would reverse policy enacted in 1980s during Gov. Brown's first term.