The Coronavirus outbreak has already had significant impact on global supply and demand. Every company and every industry is feeling these impacts in different ways. MODEX 2020 featured a seminar on COVID-19 and the impact on global supply chains that is now available as a podcast on MHIcast. In the podcast, experts discuss the impacts to date, how these are ...

Emerging technology has been a common theme over the last seven Annual Industry Reports MHI has released with Deloitte over the same number of years.

New sophisticated solutions are being developed to optimize the last leg of the delivery journey: the final 50 feet.

There is a new aerial option for performing inventory management—a solution that’s gaining traction is autonomous drones.

The growing use of collaborative robots, or cobots, is giving some warehousing and distribution centers a much-needed productivity boost.

Innovation in the sensor arena—especially related to cameras and safety—is creating opportunities for increased functionality with AGVs and mobile robots.

Attaining the benefits of a more agile supply chain hinges on the ability to see what’s up with all of its moving parts.

The emergence of technology throughout the supply chain is creating openings in the industry for a completely different skill set— one that is proving challenging to fill.

What’s ahead for usage, implementation and developments across the broad spectrum of digital technologies in the coming months?

Increasingly, companies are utilizing the digital twin concept to create an end-to-end model of their supply chains for more accurate planning and timelier decision-making.