Since Hormel Foods’ founding in 1891, corporate responsibility has been a significant part of its culture. Whether it’s treating its people, communities and environment with respect and integrity or producing high-quality products in a sustainable and energy-efficient manner, the Austin, Minn.-based processor of refrigerated and frozen beef, turkey and pork makes corporate responsibility an everyday business practice.

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When it comes to lift trucks, operators want a material handling solution that’s durable, robust, productive and able to handle the heavy lifting.

Dynamic storage systems, such as pallet flow and pushback rack, put the power of gravity to work. Using an arrangement of inclined rails in a rack-supported structure to control product-pallet movement and access, both make labor and inventory access more efficient by using the least amount of warehouse space.

It used to be that automated storage retrieval systems (AS/RS) were almost as cumbersome as the high-volume loads they were handling.

Brian Slavin: It goes without saying that making sure our customers’ orders are always delivered on time and complete, at the highest quality and in the most cost-effective manner is our top priority.

GENCO partnered with labor management system provider Easy Metrics and lift truck provider The Raymond Corp to evaluate labor of its lift truck operators and warehouse management processes.