Material Handling & Manufacturing Automation Blog

This is the Abel Womack material handling and manufacturing blog.

Blog: Addressing Your Lift Trucks Costs in an Inflationary Environment

About the Author

John Croce is the CEO of Abel Womack, Inc. and has been with the company for his entire career.

May 16, 2022 -

After decades in which your forklift fleet costs have been steady and manageable, this current inflationary environment is creating a unique set of challenges, and a few opportunities. The … [Read more...]

Blog: Warehouse Racking Fails and How to Avoid Them

May 9, 2022 -

I walk through a lot of warehouses, and I look at a lot of pallet racking. I have seen thousands of racking systems, some are obviously designed and installed by experienced professionals skilled in … [Read more...]

Blog: How One Cultivator Partnered with Abel Womack to Maximize Yield

May 2, 2022 -

Startup cannabis cultivator, Ocean Breeze, needed assistance finding and installing the right equipment to launch their new, state-of-the-art facility in Gloucester, Massachusetts. With Montel’s … [Read more...]

Blog: Why Pre-owned Equipment is the New Normal

April 25, 2022 -

This year, the material handling industry is still dealing with unexpected real-world challenges. Unfortunately, slowdowns in production continue and now the war in Ukraine. Despite all this, the … [Read more...]

Blog: 5 Ways to Justify an Automated Storage and Retrieval System

April 18, 2022 -

Automated storage and retrieval systems, specifically vertical lift modules (VLMs) and vertical carousels (VCs), are an important addition to your manufacturing facility or distribution center (DC). … [Read more...]

Blog: Are you a Twin? A Digital Twin That is.

April 11, 2022 -

Biological twins are not common in nature, but when we come across a “set” of twins most of us take a moment to comment. To some extent, it is a special occurrence in nature. Well, what do you say … [Read more...]

Blog: AS/RS, GTP, AMRs, AGVs… What’s in Your Warehouse?

April 4, 2022 -

All these acronyms can make it confusing to understand which automated solution might be best for your operations. The good thing is, there are trusted companies in the material handling industry … [Read more...]

Blog: Is Scaffolding a Step Up (or a Step Back) for Your High-density Vertical Grow Rack System?

March 28, 2022 -

When it comes to innovative vertical farming solutions, Montel is a pioneer in mobile vertical grow rack systems. They’re transforming how people grow crops though intelligent space-saving solutions. … [Read more...]

Blog: Warehouse Best Practices – Part I, Automation Prep

March 21, 2022 -

As far as warehouses go, they've always looked to me like giant boxes. Boxes where things go in and come out - sometimes exactly as they came in, sometimes dressed differently. Similar to giant … [Read more...]

Blog: 6 Secrets Your Telematics Reports are Trying to Tell You

March 14, 2022 -

People come and go. After 30+ years here with Abel Womack, I’ve seen many of my beloved clients move on; sometimes to new jobs outside of my territory, or into retirement. There seems to have been … [Read more...]