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MAKE • STORE • MOVE • COMPETE A Penton Publication
LIFT TRUCKS
FOR REAL
Today's technical
advances are more
rooted in the user's
reality p. 15
Jun e 2011
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Automation Strategies
for Global Expansion
p. 21
Purge Politics from
Supply Chains
p. 25
Make Your 3PL
Relationships Work
p. 28
Be the Calm Amidst
Business Storms
p. 32
Automated Picking for
Internet Retail
p. 35
AS/RS: Carton Warehouse
Streamlines Flows
p. 39
Designed For
PerformanceMAKE ??? STORE ??? MOVE ??? COMPETE
A Penton Publication
June 2011
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MAKE • STORE • MOVE • COMPETE A Penton
The Hard Truth: Smart decisions require knowing a
For information, circle 117 or go to www.mhl.hoti
C o n t e n t s June 2011 Cover Story
Sorting Out Your Sortation Options? Scan to down
Volume 66 / No.6 / June 2011 EDITORIAL STAFF
SMASHINGLY NEW DURABLE Yellow Jacket is the n
Andel and Handling Tom Andel Editor-in
YOU'RE MOVING 600 PALLETS PER HOUR. Y
News Beat Why Do Combustible Dust Accidents Ke
Show Review: WERC 2011 set labor and Human standa
News Beat 3PL Market Picks Up Speed While reports
The most exportable pallets going and coming A
News Beat Get Ready for the Panama Canal Expansi
panamax vessels, federal funding for necessary dr
Logistically Speaking Dave Bla
COvEr FEaTurE | LiFT TruCks Lift Trucks—For R
Cover Feature | LiFt truCks
same dimensional footprints,” he says. “We have t
Cover Feature | LiFt truCks
line infrastructure? Customers have real- ized t
Cover Feature | LiFt truCks Internal Combustio
MAKE Does Your Automation Plug Into Global tha
Make model implementation, provi
and help protect critical manufacturing systems.
Make of EN 954-1 at the end of 2011. The
Commentary: Purge Politics from Supply Chains a
Make The consequence of not taking action—of no
need to educate regulatory officials with observa
STORE Make Your 3PL Relationships Work You may
management of the account.” With consolidatio
AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS
shipping to the largest retailers in the coun-
WAREHOUSE STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Business Storms three years. The economy is ch
STORE One thing is certain, and that is that
COMPETE Automated Picking: Internet Retailer Up
COMPETE Komplett's new automated storage and pi
were also concerned that if one of the mini-load
4"'& t/&45"#-& t&$0/0.*$"- WORRY FREE PALLETS EX
Automated Storage & Retrieval: Carton Warehouse
compete in goods recei
system, automatically identified,
NEW PrODuCTS Technology Conveyor Adjusts to
Key Performance Indicators Calculated Accellos
NEW PRoDuCTS battery power make
shelves when rotated. Optional pull- out shelves
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT The Power of Lean at sna
LoAD TRAnsfeR sYsTems For
Corporate Citizen Harry Moser From Selfishne
Some things are meant to LAST SK2000 Storage Ra
SAVES POWER. CREATES POWER. ECO-PERFORMANCE