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A Green Warehouse

How green is your warehouse? Of course, I am not talking about painting the exterior or interior walls, floor or other sections of your warehouse green. What I am referring to is energy savings. Many new warehouses have been built with a variety of features that offer energy savings that can result in cost savings. … Read more

High Tech Lockers Increase Worker Accountability, Reduce Costs

Operators of a Florida food warehouse have found a way to make workers more accountable and significantly reduce operational costs at the same time. Like many distribution centers, Cheney Brothers uses radio-frequency scanners to track inventory in its Ocala warehouse from the moment it arrived to when it went out the door to be shipped … Read more

Organic Farmer Switches to Plastic Totes to Save Money, Planet

When an organic farm in northern California recently made the switch from wax-coated cardboard boxes to reusable plastic totes, the goal was to try to reduce its carbon footprint in order to help the environment. But the operators of Full Belly Farm ended up saving more than $14,000 per year in packaging costs. Now that’s … Read more

Ergonomics in Material Handling

Warehouse managers may be taking their employees fore granted, especially those who perform tasks involved with material handling. Sure they have access to such things as forklifts, pallet jacks, lift tables, hand trucks, carts, motorized hand trucks, hoists, etc., but there are times during the day when the worker himself must carry containers, put containers … Read more

New Solutions for Package Labeling and Packing Slips

A Pennsylvania company has created a faster, easier and more reliable way to print labels directly onto packages automatically to help companies better service their e-commerce customers. FOX IV Technologies, based in Export, Pennsylvania, recently introduced its new TwinPrint and Apply label printer and applicator that takes the manual labor out of labeling packages and … Read more

Preparing Your Planters and Pots for Winter

“Winter is coming,” the characters of “Game of Thrones” are fond of saying. So now’s the time to make preparations to protect your business’s decorative planters and pots from freezing temperatures and heavy snows. Replacing pots and planters can be expensive. So it’s cost-effective to take a few simple steps now so that they will … Read more

Molded Pulp Packaging Expanding Beyond the Egg Cooler

If you have recently bought any type of consumer electronics, easy-to-assemble furniture, or even a tray of drinks from your local fast food restaurant, you may have noticed something different about the packaging. Many manufacturers are moving away from the traditional molded polystyrene foam and turning to molded pulp package to keep their products safe … Read more