Education

The 2018 MHI Executive Summit and Annual Conference will focus on the NextGen technology, leading trends and enterprise-level best practices explored in the 2018 MHI Annual Industry Report. The Summit and Conference, being held October 14-17 in Orlando, will feature presentations geared to helping businesses take proactive steps geared toward continued competitive growth. Read more here and here…

* By Delana Hopkins, MHI Career and Technical Education (CTE) Senior Coordinator * If the many approaches to tackling the current—and mitigating the future—shortage of skilled workers needed throughout supply chains are programs focused on introducing students as early as middle school to careers in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. These efforts include special daylong events spearheaded ...

Paying It Forward LEILY FARROKHVAR, West Virginia University Leily Farrokhvar is giving the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. a solid return on the investment it made in her. Farrokhvar, a 32-year-old native of Tehran, Iran, received a scholarship from MHEFI as a doctoral student at Virginia Tech and for the past two years has been an assistant professor at West ...

Helping Boeing’s Parts Suppliers Run a Tight Ship Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient Seth Willmarth, Texas A&M University

An interview with Dr. David DeLong on how to attract, train and retain employees in this perpetually evolving workplace reality. By Doug Reed— The critical skill shortages within the supply chain industry have long been proclaimed and documented by MHI and many others within our field. Implementation of automation and technologies is increasing exponentially at every level—from sourcing to manufacturing ...

Automation not only delivers ROI, it enhances supply chain jobs and increases worker satisfaction. By Fiona Soltes— A variety of factors are converging to bolster the ROI for automation. Beyond the present and future state of the workforce, the ever-increasing technological sophistication, and the growing understanding that supply chain operations must be faster, more efficient, more accurate and more transparent ...

Students with soft skills training make smoother, more successful transitions from the classroom to the workplace. By Mary Lou Jay— Graduates of vocational logistics programs may come to an employer with an impressive academic record. But unless they understand the basics of how to conduct themselves on the job, and of how to interact with their supervisors and their coworkers, ...

In the drive to address the skills gap in the supply chain sector, companies have a strong ally in academia. By Sarah B. Hood— In the drive to address the skills gap in the supply chain sector, companies have a strong ally in academia. While community colleges and trade schools are adjusting their curriculums to produce work-ready graduates for entry-level ...

It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that it’s critical to shift your focus to Millennials and Generation Z (GenZ) now in order to future-proof your supply chain workforce. But how? By Brian Reaves— When the U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics: Version 2.0 was published at this time last year, it included an entire chapter of revelations ...

Education is an important tool to address manufacturing challenges; however, in both industry and education, one thing is for certain, the old way of doing business just isn’t going to cut it. By Dana A. Magliola— It’s not breaking news that the global business landscape is changing rapidly, nor is it a revelation that ever-increasing customer expectations and shifting business ...