Education

Manufacturing and supply chain professionals converged on Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center last week as they came together for MODEX 2020 to find new equipment and technology solutions, gain knowledge and network with industry peers to solve common supply chain challenges. Based on the information from the WHO, CDC and local authorities at the time with regard to COVID-19, the ...

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 ...

Auburn University and Toyota Material Handling North America are collaborating to explore how material handling can play a key role in improving access to health services in rural populations.

Catching Up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient

Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipients: Catherine Ninah, University of Central Florida Silicon Valley is the birthplace of many of the gadgets and technological breakthroughs that play central roles in modern life, but even the smartest of techies need to call in reinforcements from time to time, and that’s where Catherine Ninah comes in. Based in Dallas, where she now ...

While these skills have always had their place in the toolbox of employees and leaders, the need for mastery will be crucial in the new future of work. These are skills that machines cannot replace, at least not yet. * By Maria Leggett * According to the report, “Skill Shift: Automation and the Future of the Workforce,” by the McKinsey ...

Improving the Material Handling Industry Workforce through Digital Representations of Human-Based Operations * By Jesus A. Jimenez * This year, I was part of a group of professors who traveled to Europe to participate in what we designated as the “Industry 4.0 Tour.” We had one goal in mind: to find the latest developments in Industry 4.0. We visited several ...

Choosing—And Achieving—A Perfect Path: Kirstin Olesen, University of Oklahoma Kirstin Olesen has a very challenging job, but her accomplishments in college suggest that she’s more than up to the task. Olesen, 23, is a software engineer for Boeing working in the B-52 Weapons division, where she focuses on systems work such as writing requirements and tests for software programs and maintaining ...

From Student to “You’re Hired” ProMat 2019 Student Days provided real-world opportunities and even jobs during this record-setting event. * By Maria Leggett * Imagine going from university student to supply chain employee at one of the hottest 100 retailers in a matter of two days. That was Libby Weaver’s experience when she attended the annual Student Days event at ...

CTE Program: Applying the P-TECH Education Model P-TECH schools have established a model for how to empower young people with the skills required by both “new collar” jobs and continuing education. * By Maria Leggett * A few years after MHI’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program was established as an approach to addressing both the current and future shortage ...