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The Mason Community Center will host a Kids & Family Expo from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday.

More than 40 booths will be set up featuring information on children’s and after-school enrichment programs, private schools, day care facilities and pediatricians in the area.

The free event will also feature live entertainment and give-aways. Tours of the Mason Community Center will be available during and after the event.

The expo is sponsored by Cincinnati Family magazine in partnership with Cincinnati Family magazine, Group Health Trihealth Physician Partners, Kroger Comforts for Baby and the Deerfield Towne Center.

The community center is at 6050 Mason-Montgomery Road and can be reached at 513-229-8555.

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The Enquirer

FORTE, a Mason-based design-build firm in the distribution sector of the supply chain, was recently named to the 2012 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 for helping a national fashion retailer increase productivity and efficiency, improve accuracy and better utilize space by automating the manual processes in its distribution center to accommodate extremely rapid growth.

Each year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive (SDCE) magazine evaluates and selects “100 Great Supply Chain Projects” for inclusion. In 2012, the magazine focused its selection criteria on supply chain transformation projects having a significant impact on a company going through the implementations.

Based on planned store openings of this fast-growing fashion retailer and same-store sales growth projections through 2019, FORTE recommended the automation and expansion of the distribution center to eventually accommodate up to 1,300 stores.

FORTE implemented a state-of-the-art, put-to-light system, which is controlled by FORTE’s Smart Warehouse Suite™ warehouse control system (WCS) software. The Smart Warehouse Suite’s Automation Director® receives the store requirements from the warehouse management system (WMS) and dynamically routes the cases to the appropriate put lanes. Additionally, Automation Director re-routes residual products from cases that aren’t fully depleted in one lane into other put lanes. Automation Director also includes a unique algorithm that automatically assigns excess units to the highest volume stores.

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