In recent years, Distribution Center magazine has presented several Golden Warehouse awards for companies that either expanded an existing facility or created a new one. We looked for creativity, functionality, and most importantly the business sense behind the expansion.
Logistics has developed into a science of efficiency. But these days, distribution center efficiency is about far more than how fast you get your orders out the door. Long-term cost efficiencies require specifying for materials, building systems, and designs that will provide energy savings and lasting operational cost savings.
The problem of surplus inventory continues to plague manufacturers and distributors in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) sector. However, recognizing the pitfalls of excess inventory and the available solutions can help HVAC players manage their extra stock.
HVACR distributors work long and hard to ensure their warehouses are efficient and mistake-free. While achieving this goal has traditionally been an arduous process, new technologies are helping distribution centers become more intelligent in ways many never dreamed possible.
How do you measure your key warehouse performance metrics? Are they accurate? Supply Chain expert Bryan Jensen provides a checklist to ensure that you don’t err when conducting those measurements.
During the past decade, advancements in warehousing and logistics have been nothing short of remarkable. It seems almost impossible these days to pick up any related industry publications without reading about the latest innovations in robotics, wearable scanning technologies and same-day delivery options.
Johnson Controls has launched seven new Luxaire® duct-free mini split product lines available throughout the United States and Canada. The systems offer additional indoor options, more multizone products, light commercial applications and low ambient options.
They came, they saw and they bought. When Akron, Ohio-based Famous Supply (a division of Famous Enterprises) realized they needed more space in their Columbus market, they jumped at the chance when an existing building became available.