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Supply Chain Visibility

IBM Partners With Weather Co. On Weather Data Services: New Tool For Supply Chain

Weather is perhaps the single largest external swing factor in business performance – responsible for an annual economic impact of nearly half a trillion dollars in the U.S. alone, according to Weather Co.

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ProMat Exhibitors Respond To The Omnichannel Revolution

Material handling equipment and management software continue to find new ways to allow retailers to address a multi-channel marketplace, largely driven by e-commerce.

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ProMat Seminar: Why 'Waveless' Picking Makes More Sense For E-commerce

The goal of the “waveless” method is to get the order to the consumer as fast as possible and only induct new work as work is completed.

Art Eldred of Vargo Companies explains the benefits of waveless picking during the ProMat show in Chicago.

ProMat Seminar: How Big Data Will Make Supply Chains More Efficient

Data management has become a more important part of the supply chain as the Internet continues to evolve and give supply chain managers more tools to increase efficiency.

John Rosenberger of The Raymond Corp. tells ProMat attendees there are data management specialists available who can help them take advantage of the growing uses of Internet-enabled data.

Video: See ProMat Innovations Live From The Show Floor

Catch a glimpse of FANUC’s robot using an end-of-arm tool and 3D sensor to lift and stack boxes from a moving conveyor.

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ProMat Day 3: Innovation Continues To Wow Attendees

An MHI economic sentiment survey found that 45 percent of MHI member companies expect sales and new orders to grow by 10 percent to 20 percent in 2015, a total weighted average of 9.2 percent growth over 2014.

Ed Romaine shows a Mobile-atic dispensing system at the SI Systems booth.

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MHI Annual Industry Report: Supply Chain Faces Ongoing Cost Cutting Pressure

This year’s annual MHI Industry Report, developed in collaboration with Deloitte, delves more deeply into these supply chain challenges with a specific lens on how technology innovation can help illuminate the path to the supply chain of the future.

Lift Truck Design Engineer Intrigued By Robots At ProMat

Jody Addicott from Lift Technologies Inc. thinks robotics will be replacing workers in distribution warehouses faster than many people think.

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Excitement Builds On Second Day At ProMat In Chicago

The attendance was estimated above 35,000 as material handling users had a chance to see new robotics, software, telemetry and other solutions for managing the supply chain.

Clint Lasher of Wynright oversees a robotic de-palletizer, which uses 3D vision-sensing technology to de-palletize mixed cases from a Jervis B. Webb SmartCart automatic guided cart.

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ProMat Attendee Comments On Drone For Yard Management System On Trade Show Floor

Drones will become a standard tool for the material handling industry. Here's why.

Jim Hobbins, an account representative at Arbon Equipment Corp.

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Material Handling Innovation Draws 35,000-Plus To Chicago's McCormick Place

Attendees at Promat perused more than 800 exhibits throughout the 340,000 square feet of exhibit space and participated in seminars on a range of topics tailored to materials handling topics on the first day of the show.

Brian Faust, right, of Douglas Battery shows the Douglas Raptor to Steve Duerr of Minnesota Industrial Battery in Roseville, Minn. at the Promat Show.

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Want A Safer Warehouse? Start With Forklift Users

Using data to manage a fleet of lift trucks pinpoints the safety issues, but keeping the operator comfortable means keeping everyone safe.

A warehouse worker uses Crown's QuickPick Remote to move the lift truck ahead in the aisle, eliminating the need to step up and down off the truck to move to the next pick position.

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