Pallets are a necessity for the proper operation of a warehouse. So it is paramount that these tools are protected from damage. Various forms of pallet racks achieve this. Racks are usually columns that are structurally supported by beams and include multiple levels of shelves and a wire mesh deck that supports the pallets that … Read more
Anyone who might think that the job of a warehouse manager is easy hasn’t been one. A manager of a warehouse must have knowledge of all facets of a warehouse business including safety and OSHA regulations, productivity, slotting and organization, preventative maintenance, boxes and containers, staffing and management, training and education, and shipping and receiving. … Read more
A business management professor at Alabama’s Auburn University has identified seven supply chain trends that manufacturers need to be aware of during the next several years. The supply chain is in a period of great change and only those companies that can adjust to the shifting landscape will be able to increase their chances of … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: An aerial lift company donated the use of a telehandler to Habitat for Humanity last month so that the charity could build 13 new homes for homeless and low-income people. We’ll tell you who it was … Read more
At least 13 families in Alabama have new affordable homes thanks to the aerial lift company Skyjack and other companies that participated in a Habitat for Humanity project last month. Skyjack donated one of its VR843E telehandlers to help haul and lift roofing material onto new homes that were built in Birmingham for low-income families. … Read more
(Editor’s Note: In today’s Thursday Feature, we examine the growing use of automated materials handling equipment and how their use will change the way businesses make decisions and grown during the coming decade.) For the materials handling industry, the future already has arrived. A new report issued by trade group BBC Research has identified at … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Most managers need to cover a lot of ground in the course of any given work day. But now a new Segue-like device makes it easy for them to be practically everywhere all the time. We’ll show … Read more
(Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thursday Feature, we take a look at a crime that may be rising in popularity: Business identity theft.) Individuals have been victimized by identity theft for many years. But now sophisticated thieves are turning their attention to bigger fish: Major corporations. Case in point: Less than a week after it … Read more
It is beyond essential that warehouse personnel know exactly where products are so that they can be picked efficiently. Obviously, you should not locate the most popular products in extreme locations and the least popular in spaces with the best access. It should be the other way around. To set up the inventory it is … Read more
A Cook County judge last week awarded a Wisconsin man $15.2 million in connection with an incident in which his foot was run over by a 58,000-pound forklift. Thomas Neuhengen, 33, of Cudahy, Wisconsin, was working at the massive convention center as part of his job as spare parts manager for Hermle Machine Co., which … Read more
