What are the challenges when it comes to choosing technology for a material handling system?
A. There are so many great products on the market today. The hard part is specifying what you need, getting what you specify, and maximizing what you get for your dollar in the process. Maintaining knowledge of the material handling and technology market place is a full-time job. Typically, clients find it difficult to remain abreast of all the technologies, and the best pricing opportunities. Often, long after physical installation of the equipment is complete, companies realize that the components of their system do not effectively communicate with each other. In many instances, clients greatly exceed their implementation budgets, delay their activation dates, and ultimately, spend significantly more money than necessary due to a lack of detailed knowledge of current technologies. Q. Why is technology important to material handling? A. Technology is the heart of the material handling solution. Technology provides the proper controls to maximize effective use of the material handling
