Here’s a special sneak preview of some of what you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: One of the country’s biggest railroads has developed an innovative new way to keep freight trains rolling even when breakdowns occur. We’ll share their secret with you … A brewer in the UK has figured out a … Read more
The nation’s rail freight system has many moving parts. So when a single cog in this enormously complicated machine breaks down, it can lead to delays and work stoppages which can quickly add up to millions of dollars in lost productivity. That’s one of the reasons the rail freight line CN has developed a new … Read more
It seems like people do everything on their smart phones these days — from watching their favorite TV shows to exchanging text messages with friends to ordering a pizza. All you need to do is touch an app on your mobile device’s screen and you can do practically anything! Now there’s a new app that … Read more
Detank announced recently that is is building a new manufacturing facility near London and that it is drawing up plans to build another facility in Mexico. Never heard of them? Maybe that’s because the company has only been around since 2010. Also, it is headquartered in Wuhu, China. Yet the company is making an aggressive … Read more
Following the lead of such major retail powerhouses as Wal-Mart and Costco, an increasing number of companies are opting for block pallets over the more traditional stringer pallets. Both types of pallets are made of wood, but stringer pallets have three “stringer boards” that form its base while block pallets typically are composed of nine … Read more
In our consumer culture, we’re obsessed with buying new-not buying new things-just buying things that are new. We’re talking about necessary purchases-in the material handling industry it can mean any part of your packing line. We want the latest and the greatest, which in the past always meant buying new equipment. Supply Chain Digest tells … Read more
The USA is poised to be a manufacturing leader again. US companies are now selling more US-made goods than ever before. Does this sound far-fetched? Hardly. There are a lot of good reasons for the rebound of US manufacturing-the many techniques that have revolutionized material handling and logistics-both key to the success of any manufacturing … Read more
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering is testing out a wearable exoskeleton robotic suit that workers can don to lift heavy loads effortlessly without risk of injury or strain. Dubbed the “RoboShipbuilder”, the suit gives the workers superhuman strength so they can lift heavy equipment and other materials as they assemble enormous cargo ships at the … Read more
When you need to access items that are located on the back of a pallet, it can be inconvenient and time-consuming. But product developed by King Industries, in Australia, provides an innovative solution. The Roto-Picker allows pallets to be easily picked up and spun around on a turntable so that users have access to cartons … Read more
Supply chain management-more than just faster-to-be-cheaper Managing a supply chain is key to the survival of all businesses large and small. The bigger the business, the more critical it gets because profit margins depend on fast turnaround without damage or flaws. Success depends on many factors-it isn’t enough to just go faster and pay bottom … Read more
