Workforce

The History and Future of College-Industry Collaboration

Since 1952, the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE), an independent organization founded by MHI, has provided the structure to help develop connections between industry and academic leaders that have allowed for a deep appreciation across the divide and a sharp understanding of the ways university-industry partnerships can lead to valuable insight and benefits to the material handling field.

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ALAN Aids in Times of Crisis and Need

Since January, Kathy Fulton has been tracking the novel coronavirus with trepidation. “We saw what was happening in Asia and asked ourselves, ‘If the ports shut down and the warehousing and the manufacturing shuts down in China, what’s that going to do to the world?’” Now living, breathing and working through the answers to these queries as they evolve both ...

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Scholarship Winners: Where Are They Now?

Entrepreneur Finds Success in Industrial Engineering and Side Businesses Eric Gilbert, Oklahoma State University Between his entrepreneurial spirit and his brainpower, Eric Gilbert is well positioned to be a very successful guy. He started a thriving ice cream shop in Oklahoma City with four buddies from college, recently purchased two rental properties and has begun selling wall clocks on Amazon, ...

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Digital Supply Chain Twins

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.

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