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Unlimited Possibilities for Flexible Systems?

Posted October 30, 2008 7:15 AM

Material handling systems can be efficient and flexible, and open up possibilities that managers might not have thought about. For example, a recent article describes how a material handling system featuring voice technology and bar code scanners enables blind workers to be productive in a pick-pack operation. What are some other possibilities? What unique applications are found in your operations?

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12/05/2008 7:03 PM

this technology applied to medical containers and being marked at the pharmacy to tell what medicines are in what containers. Same with anything else that can be potentially hazardous that is in similar containers to unhazardous materials and used by consumers.

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