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  1. Past Collaboration Opens Door to Exciting Future for SRSI & Jim Munafo

    SRSI is building! We’re building material handling solutions for our customers and to do that… we’re building on our relationships with trusted industry experts and partners. Welcome Jim Munafo, Systems Solutions Associate, to the SRSI team. Jim brings vital industry expertise in supply chain operations to our material handling sales and integration team that will be a huge asset to his work…Read More

  2. SRSI Engineers a Great Hire – Welcome to the Team, Lenny Charles

    Warehouse solutions creatively define the space within an industrial facility. The material handling and storage systems they’re built on, whether pallet rack, conveyor, picking modules, static, dynamic or automated, all share one critical element… they must be built on a robust, highly-engineered design. For this critically important role, the SRSI team needed a seasoned and trusted industry …Read More

  3. Great Timing? Meant to Be? Either Way We’re Celebrating at SRSI

    Sometimes all it takes is being in the right place at the right time… and both Paul Olaru and SRSI couldn’t agree more. A chance introduction in Crested Butte, Colorado last year leads us to celebrating a happy one-year anniversary for SRSI’s Junior Engineer. While Paul was working on his Systems Engineering degree in Romania, he spent a summer in Crested Butte, CO as part of a cultural exch…Read More

  4. Slate River Systems & Honeywell Intelligrated Announce Strategic Partnership

    Material handling experts align with global systems & technologies provider to deliver optimized distribution center solutions Slate River Systems, Inc. (SRSI), leading material handling systems integrator, has joined Honeywell Intelligrated’s elite network of integration partners. Honeywell Intelligrated headquartered in Mason, OH, is an internationally recognized material handling automati…Read More

  5. Bright Ideas for Warehouse Optimization

    The key to any successful business endeavor is to ensure that the benefits (far) exceed the effort. If you’re changing a process for something that promises greater benefit… it better deliver. SRSIdeas is where you’ll find ideas that deliver in a measurable way. One very measurable yet often overlooked metric is energy use. Depending on the size and configuration of your facility, a 75% - 90…Read More

  6. Isn’t it Great When a Plan Comes Together – Thanks to Kathy Flores

    When we founded Slate River Systems, Inc. (SRSI) we knew one thing for sure… a business does not run well without a grounded, central point of coordination. Luckily, we knew just the right person to fill that role - Kathy Flores. Kathy was the very first person hired by SRSI, and here it is already time to celebrate her first-year anniversary. Congrats and thank you Kathy! As Office Manager, Kat…Read More

  7. SRSI Welcomes Les York as Senior Project Manager

    Slate River Systems, Inc. (SRSI) continues to expand the team, welcoming Les York as Senior Project Manager. Les has hit the ground running, already working in the field to guarantee successful integration and installation of a number of material handling system projects for our customers. If you are thinking that our newest employee’s last name looks familiar… well, you’re correct. Les join…Read More

  8. Welcome Ross Irving to the SRSI System Solution Team

    Slate River Systems Inc. (SRSI) welcomes Ross Irving as a System Solution Associate. Ross has over a decade of warehousing and distribution experience working in the health & beauty, personal health and electronics sectors. He is intimately familiar with food regulatory and compliance and has an extensive working knowledge of electrical systems and components that he acquired while serving in …Read More

  9. SRSI Welcomes Industry Pro – JP Shiffer as Senior Project Engineer

    Slate River Systems Inc. (SRSI) is very pleased to welcome JP Shiffer to the position of Senior Project Engineer. JP holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M and a Master’s of MIS from the University of Texas at Dallas. With over 20 years’ experience, JP has applied his knowledge of facility layout and design, inventory management, distribution processing, logistics and…Read More

  10. Check Out Our New Digs – SRSI Relocates to Southlake, TX

    Our growing business was shrinking our old office space… but not anymore! We’ve packed up and moved into a great new location in Southlake, TX. Chris and Ben thank the dedicated SRSI staff who all pitched in to handle the move without disrupting client project deadlines. For even more new news, our great team is only getting bigger. Stay tuned to our blog series for a chance to “meet” our …Read More