Modern Materials Handling - December 2011

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REGISTER TODAY FOR MODEX 2012Visit www.modexshow.com to learn more and register for free admissionto the MODEX 2012 exhibits and educational conference.Learn From Key Industry PlayersMODEX 2012 attendees can choose from a variety of educational sessions covering the latest manufacturing and supplychain trends, technologies and innovations. The MODEX 2012 Educational Conference will include three Keynotes andover 70 supplier-led seminars. In addition, MODEX 2012 will also be the location for several collocated educationalpartner events that are teaming with MODEX 2012 to provide one-of-a-kind insight into the overall supply chain.MODEX 2012 KeynotesMonday, February 6The State of Logistics andSupply Chain Management8:45 AM-9:45 AMRick Blasgen, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Council of SupplyChain Management ProfessionalsTuesday, February 7The Expansion of the Panama Canal and ItsImpact on Supply Chains and Global Trade8:45 AM-9:45 AMAlberto Alemán Zubieta, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Panama Canal AuthorityWednesday, February 8How Supply Chain and LogisticsPerformance Impacts Trade8:45 AM-9:45 AMDr. H. Donald Ratliff, Georgia Tech, RegentsProfessor and Executive Director, GeorgiaTech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
THE BIG PICTUREWhere Business Meets Materials HandlingVoicesVoices of theBy Bob Trebilcock, Executive EditorSeveral years ago, an executive from Dematiccame to Modern’s offices to introduce a newway of thinking about the warehouse anddistribution center. He called it “four wallsand two windows.”The idea was simple. Materials handlingsolutions may happen inside the four wallsof a facility, but they are affected by whathappens outside of a facility. To be trulyefficient, a system needs visibility— thosetwo windows—into what is happeningdownstream and upstream.The concept goes a long way to explainingthe evolution of materials handling solutions.If all that mattered was efficiency inside thefour walls, we would all crossdock full palletsand be done with it. Instead, new customerservice requirements, store operations, justin-timemanufacturing strategies and valueaddedservices are driving distribution strategies.“How do I satisfy my customers and getan edge on my competition?” is the industrymantra. Questions like that have led to thedevelopment of sophisticated order fulfillmentstrategies such as the one featured in thismonth’s cover story on Skechers (see p. 14).Add the upcoming expansion of thePanama Canal to the list of catalysts.Scheduled for completion in 2012, thecanal will allow significantly larger shipsand shipments to serve the East Coast ofthe United States. To get a view throughthe windows of how this might impact whathappens inside the four walls of manufacturingand distribution facilities, Modernspoke to six supply chain experts.24 D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 1 / MODERN MATERIALS HANDLING mmh.com
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