Topic: Lift Trucks

The RFID market is showing signs of steady growth as companies work to achieve a meaningful return on investment in specific areas of given processes.

The supply chain technology market is evolving toward platforms and equipment that optimize end-to-end processes. Four top technology analysts offer their unique insight into how the convergence of automation, data, and labor is moving us toward this utopian vision.

The structure of an equipment lease can have a significant impact on operations—and there are ways to ensure the impact is a positive one.

Our annual look into spending plans inside the four walls highlights growing interest in automation and software as workforce issues factor heavily into equipment investments.

Optimizing a fleet is not an exact science. Although technology can help, it’s often the culture on the floor that makes or breaks a fleet management program.

It’s early in the game, but warehouses and distribution centers are looking at new ways to use Big Data to maintain equipment, deliver services, and manage processes.

The lift truck is evolving into a platform for data collection, enabling managers to optimize the equipment, the operator, and the facility.

With the economy warming, fleet owners are navigating a new array of customized financing options as their fleets return to normal utilization.

Industrial truck sales hold steady, mirror U.S. economic indicators.

Recognizing the potential for long terms savings, many fleet owners are keen to jump into a fleet maintenance program. However, they soon learn that there are no substitutes for goal setting, clear communication, and patience.

Our annual survey finds the industry steadying for a new, slower pace of growth following the release of pent-up demand after the downturn. Yet even as planned spending inside the four walls drops off, facility activity is the highest since 2007—signaling that “doing more with less” has stuck.

Freight intermediaries are no longer happy waiting in the wings, and that’s great news for shippers who want deeper engagement as extra emphasis is placed on U.S. exports over the coming years.

这month we dive into the details of Logistics Management’s 2013 Warehouse/DC Equipment and Technology Survey, our annual study conducted by Peerless Research Group (PRG) that offers a comprehensive snapshot of the investment plans of managers involved in the purchase decision process of materials handlings solutions.

Global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider CEVA Logistics announced today it has opened the doors to its Jacksonville, Fla.-based Center of Logistics Excellence.

When the athletic footwear flipped the switch on its 520,000-square-foot paperless/wireless DC, it completely transformed the way it processed orders to accommodate rapid growth. Its mobile equipment affords real-time inventory management, improved communication among floor supervisors, and new efficiencies in shipping operations.

Here are some of the things to be watching over the next year in the materials handling sector.

Logistics and supply chain professionals gain practical advice on how to build a solid business case for investing in supply chain technology—and how to make sure you’re getting the biggest bang for your buck once it’s implemented.

Industry experts present their customers' pain points around fuel and energy and offer tips to ensure efficient and productive fleets.

Editors Note: Peter Moore’s November column titled "What’s the CCSB doing now"? stirred quite a bit of reaction from carriers, analysts, as well the Commodity Classification Standards Board (CCSB). This month Logistics Management also offers as a response from Joel Ringer, chairman of the CCSB.

商品分类标准委员会(CCSB) has received a number of inquiries from users of the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) regarding Peter Moore’s column in the November 2012 issue of Logistics Management. These inquiries relate to the suggestion by Mr. Moore that a recent action by the CCSB to reclassify pallets has resulted in a far-reaching change to the classification of palletized freight and to the information that shippers of palletized freight must show on bills of lading at...