Sabine Batsche, the longtime marketing director for TENTE Casters, died Feb. 7, leaving behind colleagues, friends and family members who say they’ll always remember her kindhearted nature and willingness to help others.
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MHI Board Member Annette Danek-Akey on “Top 100 Women in Supply Chain” 2022 List
MHI board member Annette Danek-Akey, executive vice president, supply chain for Penguin Random House, was recently named on Supply Chain Digital’s newly released "Top 100 Women in Supply Chain" 2022 list.
Read More »Industry Mourns Loss of Barcode Visionary Al Wurz
Al Wurz, widely considered as a pioneer in the barcode scanning industry, passed away at his home on Marco Island, FL, surrounded by his family on April 26, 2022.
Read More »Advances in Robotics Aim to Ameliorate Persistent Labor Woes
Robots can be equipped with a variety of interchangeable end effectors tailored to handling specific kinds of products, which is making them invaluable on the warehouse floor and in other material handling environments.
Read More »Finding a Niche at a Fortune 500 Company
Cassie Johnson, a MHEFI award winner, joined global technology company ABB right out of college and is taking part in their Discovery Program. She is rotating through three different areas of business, spending eight months in each role.
Read More »Amid Growing Pains and a Labor Shortage, Shippers Find Solutions in Automation
At warehouses and distribution centers, the migration toward automation is taking on greater urgency in 2022, and late adopters are realizing they can’t afford to sit on the sidelines any longer.
Read More »Q&A: Loretta Barter, Michael Mikitka
Inside MHI The people who work at MHI and its WERC division are the gears that keep the association rolling. They ensure MHI continues to be a valuable association and resource for people involved in the industry, and do so with wit, competence and a smile on their face. The goal of this column in MHI Solutions magazine is to ...
Read More »Why Workplace Microaggressions Are a Big Deal
While microaggressions can be deliberate, most of the time they are unintentional. These suggestions and experiences from MHI member companies can help reduce their occurrence.
Read More »Using Robotics to Help Companies Streamline Operations
When people ask Lauren Ziccardi what she does for a living, she half-jokingly says that she “helps people move boxes.” But in reality, being vice president of solutions development at MHI member inVia Robotics is a lot more complicated than that.
Read More »MHI Appoints Krys Solvacek as New Director of Events and Strategy for WERC Division
MHI NEWS MHI welcomes Krys Solvacek to its management team as the organization’s new WERC, Director of Events and Strategy. Slovacek brings more than 20 years of experience in planning, organizing and managing events for trade and professional associations across a broad range of industries. Her most recent association experience has been with the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Krys has ...
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