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An AS/RS may be the solution for you if you’re looking to conserve space, transfer material and improve profitability in your facility. MHI’s AS/RS Industry Group developed this video on cutting-edge solutions, best practices and implementation strategies.
   A key objective of safe rack design is to ensure the finished structure won’t topple over when subjected to horizontal forces such as an earthquake, forklift impact or high wind. To significantly minimize this risk, RMI’s ANSI MH16.1 advises evaluating the height-to-depth (HTD) ratio to determine the stability of a single row of standard steel storage rack.
While high competition for scarce warehouse and distribution labor — and the subsequent rise in wages — had already prompted more operations to investigate robotic and automation solutions to augment their current workforce, COVID-19 and the e-commerce surge compelled many companies to adopt those technologies as quickly as possible.
Technology and Innovation
With the commercial availability of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) providing easy access to new spectrum, or channels to operate, industrial-grade private (LTE, 5G) networks are now available to address even the most complex solutions and applications. Learn how it provides greater flexibility in how you implement and integrate data access into your supply chain processes.
Automation is an ever-increasing presence in the modern warehouse. While different types of equipment perform unique tasks, the core of automated warehouse equipment is the electric motor that serves as the prime mover in the entire system. If not properly installed or maintained, motors can fail resulting in significant downtime to critical pieces of equipment.
Supply Chain Trends
Manufacturing
Workstation cranes are often deployed in manufacturing and assembly operations where operators must lift, handle, and move heavy objects as part of a work process. While they improve ergonomics, handling efficiency and productivity, to ensure their safest use, operations planning to add one to their facility have a variety of responsibilities that are critical to the safe operation of this equipment.
Workforce
MHI recently conducted a survey on remote work trends to discover how the last year’s movement to largely remote work has affected supply chain workers and to understand the industry’s employees’ sentiment to the work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Broad findings are published in the Remote Work Trends report.
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