DECEMBER 2015
VOLUME 13 NO. 12
inside
28 Mentoring the next
generation: interview
with Mike Romano
BY PETER BRADLEY
Attracting new talent to the material
handling industry—and nurturing that
talent—has long been a focus of Mike
Romano’s efforts, both in his own company
and in his work with industry organizations.
32 Domo arigato,
Mr. Roboto!
BY BEN AMES
3Having trouble finding workers for dull,
dangerous, or dirty tasks? For more and
more DCs, the answer is a robot.
39 It won’t be long …
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
Bloodied but unbowed, players in the
CNG space patiently wait out a downcycle
in oil prices.
47 Three reasons your
cubing and weighing
equipment is more
important than ever
BY BEN AMES
These familiar tools gain new importance
in an age of dimensional weight pricing,
warehouse capacity crunches, and
omnichannel fulfillment.
51 Rinse, return, and
redeploy
BY MARK B. SOLOMON
With the right strategy and IT tools to
support it, retailers and manufacturers
can mitigate the economic hit of product
returns.
