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…intelligence and gripping with automated storage and retrieval system shuttle technology, vertical lifts and conveyor, the order picking process can be completely automated. The fully integrated system is ideal for e-commerce fulfillment operations in a challenging labor market and handling high volumes of smaller-size orders. It uses unique gripping technology to pick individual items of a range of sizes, shapes,…
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…costs associated with operating a cold storage facility, lift trucks are among the slipperiest to pin down. A cold warehouse’s capacity, throughput and cooling expenses can be quantified, but that environment’s impact on lift trucks, batteries and productivity are more nebulous. To help identify some of the opportunities and dodge the pitfalls of cold storage applications, Modern spoke with Crown…
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…have looked to outsource their cold storage to third-party logistics (3PL) providers in an effort to separate themselves from these concerns. Similarly, refrigerated 3PLs have seen significant consolidation as those with successful strategies swallow up those without. This has been good for 3PLs, but the increased level of competition means customers will gladly take their business elsewhere at the promise…
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…and environmental seals. Refrigerated and cold storage facilities have obvious interests in these audits. But so does any facility that requires internal temperature control. The Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturers (LODEM) group at the trade association MHI offers a loading dock seal energy calculator to help you determine the energy usage at your dock. By scanning QR codes using a phone…
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…beginning to integrate high-density, automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) with their materials handling systems. This integration allows facilities to store more food and beverages in the same—if not less—amount of space than in conventional storage methods, as AS/RS typically increases storage capacity by 30% to 50%, while also decreasing the overall footprint of the building by upward of 50%.…
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…of the organization’s 58,000-square-foot food storage facility alongside lift trucks, pallets, refrigeration units and trucks coming in and out with food. Last year, the food bank sourced more than six million pounds of food to the 90 soup kitchens, shelters and pantries it serves in western Ohio. Volunteers endured loud noises and cold gusts from freezers and coolers, a problem…
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…the warm weather away from cold storage. Founded in 1983 by Larry D. Fleming, LDF now has more than 200 employees in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Wichita. After purchasing a newer, 57,000-square-foot facility and then expanding it by an additional 85,000 square feet, the company’s two state-of-the-art warehouses now total more than 400,000 square feet of temperature-controlled and refrigerated space.…
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