When you’re shipping thousands of pairs of military boots each month, as combat footwear supplier Wellco does, shipping errors can get expensive; to quote a famous senator, “Pretty soon you’re talking about real money!” So when Wellco made the commitment to RFID, they...
Eight months ago, The Kiplinger Report predicted a steady increase in the cost of commercial real estate in the U.S.: Prime office space was forecast to increase by 2.6% in 2013, and 2.8% in 2014. Warehouse space, too, was predicted to rise by 2.6% in 2014. Have these...
Retailers need to keep plenty of merchandise in their storerooms to replenish the racks. A customer who wants to buy an item that just sold out isn’t only a lost sale today, but perhaps many lost sales forever. However, real estate costs discourage retailers from...
Police evidence rooms are notoriously overcrowded, and finding additional storage space is always a challenge. Adding storage racks right up to the ceiling can be a great space solution where the building codes permit, but it creates another problem – how to get to...
We humans tend to ignore what’s overhead. Our spatial awareness is determined by our eyes and our hands – whatever we can see and reach – and we don’t think much about the air space above us. That is, until we need more space for storage, as this ice cream...
It’s an old saying: Do good to do well. No one disputes that lending a helping hand can have positive personal benefits for the helper. But can it have benefits in your professional life, boosting you into a position of prominence and industry leadership? John Hall,...
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