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Events in the News Modex 2018 Product Preview Port of Long Beach looking forward to Lunar New Year Short-line railroad tax credit is not permanent, but rail stakeholders hoping that changes CN-NS interline service is seeing solid early returns Fate of NAFTA remains a dicey situation, rail stakeholders say More Events News Improve OTIF Performance with Real-Time Visibility for Shippers Due to rising consumer demand, retailers are imposing stricter on-time in full (OTIF) standards on their suppliers and carriers. All Resources During the week of April 9, the Georgia World Congress Center will open its doors and welcome Modex 2018 , an expo for the manufacturing, distribution and supply chain industries, sponsored by MHI. This month, the Supply Chain Group editorial team offers Logistics Management readers a preview of the latest warehouse and distribution center management equipment, automation and software products that will be introduced on this year’s trade show floor. Interstackable straight wall containers in four new heights The NewStac straight wall container now comes in a 22 x 24-inch footprint with four height options (7, 8, 11 and 14 inches) and a reduced tare weight. Capable of being stacked with existing container systems, the units feature a textured label area that eliminates the need for exterior placards; three different bottom options; and an optional plastic hinged lid. SSI Schaefer Systems International, Packaging Systems Division Booth B2755 Mobile workstation captures dimensions anywhere in warehouse Equipped with a QubeVu DimStation , which includes supporting pole and integrated display, Atlas mobile dimensioning workstations measure virtually any shaped item in less than 1 second. Portable for use anywhere in a facility, the system comes in a choice of of 30-inch and 48-inch long workstations that hold and power the dimensioner and associated scales, laptops, thin clients, CPUs and printers. The […]