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Materials handling clockspeed

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…What’s exciting about this space, as Jeff Hedges, the president of OPEX, put it, is that many of these companies are from outside the materials handling industry. As a result, they may bring a new perspective to age old problems, that will increase the clockspeed even more.


The Modex Preshow

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…for Dematic, Intelligrated, viastore, Schaefer, OPEX and Knapp to name a few. At the same time, based on the number of pick-and-put-to-light displays I saw, picking mezzanines and putwalls appear to be alive and well. Software is more important than ever: For proof, I note that both Dematic and Intelligrated are sponsoring separate booths just for their software offerings. I…


Perfect Pick® Automated Goods-to-Person System

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…operations,” said Jeff Hedges, president, OPEX Material Handling. “It automates warehouse and distribution center operations with greater speed, accuracy and reliability than ever before.” 'Perfect Pick is an automated goods-to-person delivery solution that utilizes intelligent iBOTs. It enables pickers to be much more efficient because product is delivered directly to them. — Jeff Hedges, President, OPEX Material Handling Perfect Pick’s…


Day two at Modex

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…We also met PackSize and Opex for the first time at one of these events. Heck, today walking the floor, I had a chance to talk with an executive from Wynright who showed me an AS/RS solution they devised that uses a case picking robot on a rail, rather than a typical AS/RS crane for putaway and picking. This year’s…


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Automate 2026: Forklifts, physical AI, vision systems and more from day three in Chicago
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