Product quality is the most important supply chain initiative for manufacturers and retailers in 2010, according to a recent survey conducted by analyst firm IDC.

Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Signature Brands has deployed a mobile solution based on speech recognition to improve accuracy and efficiency within its distribution center (DC).

Kollmorgen, a manufacturer of “driverless” control technology, announces that Knapp will license its NDC Suite technology and Pick-n-Go order picking systems and integrate them in warehouse applications.

Tom Brokaw is slated to be the keynote speaker at HK Systems Inc.’s 25th annual Material Handling and Logistics Conference, held Sept. 19-21, in Park City, Utah.

Simpler processes are easier—and less expensive—to automate than complex ones.

Some companies are adopting a cart-and-tugger approach in their conversion to a lean material flow model.

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