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In the packaging world, the choice between corrugated and non-corrugated cardboard boxes is pivotal. It's a decision that impacts the integrity, presentation, and cost of shipping. As a premier cardboard box manufacturer in Vancouver, Racer Boxes has some insight into each type's advantages and disadvantages, to make the best decision. For more, go to https://racerboxes.com/blog/corrugated-or-not-choosing-the-right-type-of-cardboard-box-for-your-needs/

As a wholesale box manufacturer in Vancouver, the Racer Printing and Box Manufacturing team has what's needed when it's time to move. Big or small household items must be packaged with care to prevent damage when changing location. Racer Boxes offers all the basics and the ability to sell in small volumes as necessary. For more, go to https://racerboxes.com/supplies/

Companies that deliver on paper are missing the key advantages of real-time communication and automation. With today's strict standards for track and trace, extending the automated processes beyond the warehouse to the time of delivery is the next logical step. Knowing the right case was delivered to the right stop at the right time is imperative to protect your customers and your brand as well as to maintain compliance. AFS Technologies' Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePoD) is a mobile application used in the field to track a product's activity from warehouse to customer delivery, supporting just-in-time electronic delivery confirmation including signature captures, photos, and GPS coordinates. It also tracks truck inventory on a real-time basis as well as providing a level of customer account information that enables personnel to make fast and precise deliveries.

System Insights and TDM Systems announce a partnership to provide the communication and exchange of tooling and production data so manufacturers can have tighter integration of design and manufacturing processes, reduced tooling costs, and decreased time to market.

Richard Klein, the founder of Vintage California Backpacks, wants to recapture the vibe of the 60s and 70s through his company's unique backpacks. He wants to share the lifestyle and the dreams of his youth to inspire others to live life the more simply.

Fork Truck Free initiatives are often initiated by safety, often ergonomics experts. Topper Industrial welcomed Chris Mosby as the company's lean manager. Mosby has been a Lean/Six Sigma trainer for more than twenty years in multi-faceted, fast-paced manufacturing environments. Mosby's experience includes management assignments in quality, production, logistics, healthcare, and maintenance/engineering.

Over the past year, the electrical distributorship and service agency, Wistex II, LLC, has seen a great growth in their business. Buyers from all around the nation go to them for affordable, quality electrical parts by top manufacturers in the field. Their booming success has originated from their unique customer-focused approach - a core aspect that has made them stand out from their competition - as well as their investment in effective marketing strategies.

Bob West, Vice President of Corporate Development, discussed his approach to leadership and employee engagement in a company video. He also highlighted the distinct corporate culture that lends to a family environment and the many advantages of the company's culture.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler and John Maher, Vice President of Product Strategy at Synchrono recently discussed the impact of real world results when demand-driven production planning and scheduling is synchronized in a feature published in Automation.com magazine. The article was titled, "Real World Results When Demand-Driven Production Planning and Scheduling is Synchronized."

The key elements of Demand-Driven Manufacturing are synchronization and flow. That is, the ability to synchronize production activities in order to drive flow. And while Synchrono synchronizes (as the name implies) all layers of manufacturing operations and the extended supply chain, the following video addresses the company's patented methodology for driving flow: CONLOAD.

General Partition Company, Inc. is a Croydon, PA-based manufacturer of packaging products that protect items during shipping. For over 50 years, this company has been meeting their customers' chipboard, SBS partition and layer pad needs. They operate with flexibility so they can meet their customers' box or parts configurations and engineer new designs to fit customers' requirements in the future. General Partition Company, Inc. makes partitions, which are also referred to as separators or dividers, to protect all kinds of products from breaking when they're being shipped.

HV-Caps.biz, a cutting edge technological solutions provider from China that has been in the business of ceramic capacitor manufacturing for close to two decades, offers now patented HVC capacitors to its clients spread all over the world. The N4700 class capacitors produced by the company have already been patented, the owners confirmed. A media spokesperson from the high voltage ceramic capacitor manufacturer said that the product is manufactured and produced in their manufacturing plant in Southern China.

Warehouse Mobile Solutions' Batch Picking is an app available with WarehouseOS. Batch Picking allows operators to pick multiple orders simultaneously to pre-assigned locations on a cart. An inventory control system allows for more effective organization.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, recently discussed traceability challenges in many different forms throughout lean manufacturing and warehousing processes. The feature article titled, "Automating Traceability including GS1 and PTI," was published in Automation and Controls Today magazine.

Technology innovator Magline, best known for two-wheel hand trucks used in the beverage industry, has solved the heavy lifting problem in manufacturing facilities. Magline's LiftPlus provides an all-in-one lift, transporter, and positioner which creates a perfect fit for flexible automation. Flexible automation is the ability for a robot or system to be quickly and easily re-tasked to change product design for both low and high mix manufacturing.

John Maher, Vice President of Product Strategy at Synchrono, Inc., and manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler recently discussed the evolution of manufacturing technology in the recent IOT Now publication. Demand-driven manufacturing is a process which describes production that is based on actual customer demand with the aim to synchronize everything (workforce, method, materials, machines, and information) in order to drive flow. This process is accelerated by technology that automates, digitizes data, and connects every function within the demand-driven organization (as well as every layer of the supply chain).

Flexible automation is quickly leading Fork Truck Free adoption among manufacturing companies throughout North America according to Ed Brown, founder of Topper Industrial. Even at the lean microcosm, the simple task of moving product within a manufacturing cell rather than calling, waiting, and using a fork truck is driving huge adoption of new technologies. Topper Industrial was featured in a recent article titled, "Innovative Flexible Automation Drives Rapid Growth," in Robotics Tomorrow authored by manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler.

Hytrol's Director of Software Solutions, Bill Maple, discussed how a Warehouse Control System (WCS) is beneficial to manufacturers and distributors. A primary function of a WCS is its ability to allow dissimilar technologies to communicate with one another. The more complex a system is, the more the different pieces of software need to communicate. A WCS acts as a real-time "command center" to ensure that the right information is available at the right time to allow the equipment to run at the speeds required in today's operations.

Seegrid, the pioneer and leader in three-dimensional vision navigation, recently released an eBook addressing the use of big data in the automotive industry. Automakers are beginning to feel the effects of an increasingly competitive market as an influx of tech companies enter the automotive game, embracing big data to solve and identify problems, and touting a "fail fast" mentality that enables the quick production of innovative new products.

Manufacturers are trying to drive business based on far too many metrics; metrics that often conflict and put employees in a state of oscillation between contradicting goals. Manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler recently authored an article titled, "Too Many Metrics Demand-Driven Manufacturing Metrics for Action," seen in AutomationMedia.com magazine.

Across the U.S., foundry workers and metalworkers have their work cut out for them. In today's market, products are often shipped to every corner of the globe to the delight of professionals everywhere. With the increased ease of shipping pieces to far-away customers comes the major concern of the quality they'll arrive in. Metal pieces are susceptible to a number of agents that can act upon them after they've made their way into the shipping container. Arriving corroded, customers are unable to use the products they've ordered, harming their bottom line, and the reputation of the producer.

Maes Lighting, a direct from manufacturer supplier of leading commercial and industrial lighting products, proudly announces new LED explosion proof lighting products for more energy efficient high bay warehouse lighting. Upgrading any facility with the company's new LED High Bay lighting can cut energy costs by 25% to 50%.

The International Manufacturing Technology Show, one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world, features more than 2,000 exhibiting companies and 114,147 registrants. This year, the biennially held event will be held from September 10th-17th at McCormick Place, Chicago. Of the many exhibitors, Euro-Technics, Inc. holds the proud distinction of this being their 11th consecutive attendance to the show from the last 22 years and invites guests to come visit them at their booth in the Tooling & Workholding Systems Pavilion.

Passca Tools, a global manufacturer of bottle jacks and floor jacks; announced today the launch of its official website (passca.com). The company's website will offer an easy to access information about a wide range of Passca jacks and news.

Oubee.com, a kitchen cabinet handles manufacturer from China, recently announced that they will lay heavier emphasis on customization than ever before. The ultimate objective of the China based firm is to become a market leader globally in this particular product segment.

Topper Industrial welcomed Chris Mosby as the company's lean manager. Mosby has been a Lean/Six Sigma trainer for more than 20 years in multi-faceted, fast paced manufacturing environments. Mosby's experience includes management assignments in Quality, Production, Logistics, Healthcare, and Maintenance/Engineering.

viastore SYSTEMS, a leading material handling automation systems and software company, released a whitepaper titled, "Deploying SAP EWM or WM in your conventional or automated warehouse? Here's how to get the most out of your integration."