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Bride-to-Be’s Death Sparks Call for Increased Robot Safety

In the popular “I Robot” series of novels and movie of the same name, the famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov created the First Law of Robotics: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” Unfortunately, that’s just fiction. In real life, people can be … Read more

Pick Module

Warehouses or distribution and fulfillment centers use a variety of methods to pick stock from shelves and get it to the shipping department. One such method is called Pick Module. A Pick Module features order pickers who pick products from full cases or individual items from broken or split cases and place them in a … Read more

This Year’s Hottest Holiday Toy Won’t Be Available Until After the Holidays

If Hatchimals are on your child’s holiday list this year and you haven’t already snagged one of these hotter-than-hot holiday toys, you may be out of luck until after the holidays. Spin Master, the Chinese manufacturer of these hard-to-get toys, says it has run out of stock until at least early next year, according to a … Read more

Vaping May Be the New Smoking, But Should It Be Allowed at Work?

In case you haven’t heard, cigarette smoking is out and vaping is in — at least among young people. But the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes and vaping pens has raised new concerns about workplace smoking that most businesses though had already been resolved. Indoor smoking is now banned in nearly every state, thanks to … Read more

Initiating A Successful Next-Day Delivery Program – Part II

In Part I of the series on Initiating A Successful Next-Day Delivery Program I noted that creating a successful next-day delivery service depends on 9 steps. 1.     Assessing your order history 2.     Dynamic Order versus Wave Management 3.     The proper software to use 4.     An accurate inventory 5.     Labor management 6.     Storage 7.     Picking 8.     … Read more

5 Things to Look for When Buying a Mechanic’s Crawler

A mechanic’s crawler is the little board on wheels that enable auto mechanics and others to slide under cars, trucks, and other equipment. They are sometimes called mechanic’s creepers as well as crawlers — which is pretty creepy by itself — but there is nothing scary about using one of these convenient devices. They can … Read more