Manufacturing and distribution executives love the idea of slashing inventories. But it's distribution-center managers who must deal with the consequences.
The Allied Products division of W&H Systems Inc., an integrator of material-handling systems, has created a new electronic-commerce website at WHEquip.com.
Kook Pak LLC is expanding its chilled and frozen storage services on the U.S. West Coast, through an agreement with Sierra Pacific in Patterson, Calif.
Yusen Logistics China has expanded services in China with the opening of a warehouse in Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in South China.
Kane Is Able Inc., a third-party logistics provider, has acquired the Southeast and Northwest regional hubs of Nexus Distribution Corp., a 3PL headquartered in Bloomingdale, Ill.
Think of the typical corporate merger as the meeting of two ocean liners. It's tough enough to combine the crews. But how do you mash together two engine rooms?