Women want to be more involved with every aspect of manufacturing, according to a new survey released by Women in Manufacturing, a coalition of more than 500 women dedicated to attracting, retaining and advancing women in the manufacturing sector. The survey, which was compiled in association with the consulting group Plante Moran, had its results … Read more
There has always been talk of cross training employees in large corporations. One thing that is often missed is how valuable cross training is to small business. So what is the value behind cross training? Why is it so important that you should be interested in cross training your employees? Cross Training Guarantees Continuity of … Read more
The Matz Maersk Triple E is the biggest ship ever built. It has a wide of 194 feet and a length of more than four football fields. it can carry an astounding 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) cargo containers. And its propellers alone weigh 70 tons each. It is the latest in a series of … Read more
An increasing number of manufacturers, warehouses and distribution centers are discovering the cost and productivity benefits of using Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to move materials throughout their facilities. So it’s not surprising that the number of companies offering these robotic devices that don’t require humans to operate or control them is growing. The newest player in … Read more
Knight Transportation — the Phoenix-based trucking giant — has purchased Barr-Nunn Transportatio, a dry van truckload carrier based in Des Moines, Iowa, for $112.4 million, according to a company news release. The move expands Knight’s profile in the Eastern US by allowing it to take over Barr-Nunn’s leased facilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. … Read more
Shipping materials that can cause harm to humans or the environment if they are spilled during transport requires an informed knowledge about national and international laws and regulations. If something should happen and your company is responsible for a haz mat spill because the proper protocols weren’t followed, ignorance is no defense. Fortunately, there are … Read more
Here’s a special sneak peek at some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: The largest ship ever built recently chugged out of a shipyard in South Korea. We’ll give you an exclusive tour of this mega-sized cargo container now sailing the high seas … and tell you why many … Read more
Every time an employee has to stop and actually touch a package at BRG Sports — the manufacturer of football helmets, child safety seats and other plastic products — it costs the company time, money and efficiency. So when the company was designing its new 813,000 square food combination manufacturing facility and distribution center in … Read more
A pink Bobcat excavator has been donated to a manufacturing jobs hiring firm in the UK as a means of raising breast cancer awareness. The Bobcat E14 compact excavator — which was painted pink, the color associated with breast cancer awareness — was donated jointly by Promac Solutions Ltd and Doosan Construction Equipment to L … Read more
As another indicator of the strength of the US economy, railroad and intermodal volume in September both showed significant gains, according to a report issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Septembers’s carload volumes were the seventh straight month that they have been higher than the previous month, something that hasn’t happened since the … Read more
