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TWO YEAR PAYBACKFROM WINTER OPERATION!The Problem: Gas bills were going through the roof at Federated Co-op’s 300,000 sq ftdistribution center in Saskatoon, Canada.The Solution: Five Powerfoil®X Big Ass Fans were installed to put the heat where the peopleare – on the floor – reducing gas bills by $19,800 in one winter alone.“WE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE INNATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION. BIG ASS FANSIMMEDIATELY PROVIDED A COMFORTABLE WORKINGENVIRONMENT WHILE REDUCING OUR COSTS.”Trevor CarlsonEnvironmental and Technical Services ManagerFederated Co-operative Ltd.The patent-pending SmartSense365 fancontroller is an automated system with threeuser modes: winter, summer and manual. It’sengineered to modulate fan speed accordingto ceiling- and fl oor-level temperature readings,maximizing year-round energy savings andcomfort with just the push of a button.Want to know your payback number? Call now todiscuss your savings with an applications engineer!WWW.BIGASSFANS.COM | (877) BIG FANSCovered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents: 6,244,821; 6,589,016; 6,817,835; 6,939,108; 7,252,478; 7,284,960; D587,799; D607,988; 7,654,798 and other patents pending.©2011 Delta T Corporation dba the Big Ass Fan Company. All rights reserved.
2012 ProductivityAchievementAwardsEach year, Modern’s Productivity Achievement Awards honorcompanies that have been featured as system reports onModern’s cover in the previous year. These companies havemade outstanding strides in improving operations through materialshandling and related information systems.The categories of Manufacturing and Warehousing/Distribution recognize companies for their ability to provideoutstanding customer service, quickly respond tochanging business conditions, deliver orders that meetcustomer requirements, and improve operations. TheInnovation category honors a company that successfullyemployed a solution that defies convention.This year’s panel of Productivity Achievement Awardsjudges includes: Bryan Jensen, vice president with supplychain consultancy St. Onge; John Ling, executive vice presidentof global operations and supply chain management forCrate and Barrel; and George Prest, chief executive officerfor the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA).Feedback on our winners from this year’s panel of judges...MANUFACTURINGOtis Technology“Otis Technology pursued the pathless traveled in a small manufacturingconcern, drove a fiscal and competitiveadvantage from it, and more importantly,redirected the labor savings into furtherprocess improvement energy.”Page 35WAREHOUSING/DISTRIBUTIONOriental TradingCompany“Oriental Trading achieved extraordinaryimprovements in its operation throughthoughtful and substantive materialshandling equipment investment in highvolume, cycle-time-sensitive environments.Its volume, almost exclusively allin broken case volume, warrants particularnotice.”Page 36INNOVATIONCoca-ColaRefreshments U.S.A.“Coke brought very high levels of innovationto its applications that providedvalue across a massive supply chain andinside the four walls of more than 100locations, with the potential for movementto applications outside those walls.That elevated and enhanced the impactof their innovation dramatically.”Page 3834 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 2 / MODERN MATERIALS HANDLING mmh.com
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