Dewitt, NY – November 3, 2009: Has your parts department done anything differently during the recession, or has it been business as usual? The answer to this question might be the difference between struggle or success throughout the economic downturn.

In the Fourth Quarter 2009 issue of The MHEDA Journal, the leading online magazine for the forklift, storage and handling, and general material handling equipm (more…)

Moving heavy loads is a task that cannot be done without the use of proper equipment, especially when it comes to moving or handling materials. There is a wide range of equipment that can be used for such tasks as handling or moving merchandise, products, office equipment, different materials and so on. The most commonly used materials handling equipment is the sack track, or hand track. Nowadays there are many manufacturers that offer a wide (more…)

One of the most effective ways to reduce the cost of fitting out a new industrial unit or factory is to consider used material handling equipment in addition to new stock. This will allow you to make cut backs on your acquisition costs in a number of different areas, and lower the cost to your business of having the best possible production and dispatch processes. While certain used items should not be considered, due to higher maintenance cos (more…)

In any industrial environment such as a factory or warehouse, having the appropriate equipment on hand to be able to move items around safely is essential if you are to avoid accidents in the workplace that can be costly in terms of both lost productivity and damage. There are many different items of specialist industrial material handling equipment available that have been designed in order to give you and your staff the best possible chance (more…)

Material handling software is a designed to take care of storage, retrieval and transportation of products within an automated warehouse. It may even control certain crucial issues in material handling such as key picking, putaway and routing instructions.

At present the market is flooded with some good material handling software. For instance the SwiftWCS material handling software manages the automated material handling equipment su (more…)