Challenge: ScottTech worked with a high-end jewelry manufacturer that was looking to increase throughput and accuracy in their main distribution center. They were seeking automation tools and processes that satisfied stringent quality and efficiency metrics.

Currently, containers, ships and other intermodal transport assets such as chassis and gensets are mainly what we call "dark, dumb and disconnected." What this means is that we really don't know much about them. They are not self-aware, we can't see them, and they can't tell us about their actions and status.

Plus Location Systems, a provider of real-time location tracking and decision-support systems, is partnering with the Auburn University RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Lab.

Dematic, a supplier of automated technology, software and services for material handling, has introduced the Modular Sort System.

Labelmaster has developed anti-static drum labels to reduce the risk of labeling hazardous materials.