Topic: MODEX

The business rules and thinking of the industrial age won’t serve us well in the digital age, Andrew McAfee, co-founder and co-director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy, said at Tuesday’s MODEX keynote.

While much of the action has been in mobile collaborative robotics, piece picking robots are finding their niche.

The Supply Chain Group editorial team offers Logistics Management readers a preview of the latest warehouse and distribution center management equipment, automation and software products that will be introduced on this year’s trade show floor.

Business is changing faster than ever, and the materials handling industry is looking at where it can play a role.

Munich, Germany-based Messe München recently announced it is expanding into the United States market next spring, when it hosts its Transportation & Logistics America’s (TLA) show from April 9-12, 2018 in conjunction with MODEX, a trade show for the supply chain, manufacturing and distribution industries hosted by MHI every other year in Atlanta, Ga.

Final thoughts on Modex 2016.

Materials handling solutions are only as good as the maintenance plans that keep them running. CMMS can play an important role.

WMS makes its case in a waveless world.

While final numbers won’t be available until after the show, attendance topped 2011’s figure as of noon on Wednesday, with well more than 30,000 attendees, including more than 1,000 walk up registrations.

Big acquisitions, a precarious economy and some new players change the landscape heading into 2013.