Industry Trends

MHI 2017 Executive Summit and Annual Conference

Photo collage of sessions, awards/recognition and networking events At the 2017 MHI Executive Summit and Annual Conference last October, attendees heard from industry visionaries including Jon Gordon (author of “The Energy Bus”), Randy Lewis (former SVP supply chain, Walgreens), David Roberts (GSP director, Singularity University), Susan O’Malley, former president of the Washington Wizards), and technology entrepreneur Josh Linkner. MHI Industry ...

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Q4 2017, MHI Solutions: Sustainability

CEO UPDATE: Sustainable Supply Chains Are Driving Competitive Advantage — by George W. Prest. As more and more customers, investors and employees demand them, sustainable business practices are becoming an integral part of what makes a company and their products unique and valuable. Today, best-in-class supply chains are collaborating to use sustainability as a strategic weapon for gaining competitive advantage by reducing ...

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: AUTOMOTIVE

A Closer Relationship is Developing Between Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers—with Material Handling Playing a Key Role By Sandy Smith The U.S. automotive industry has been written off before. But today, technology, consumer demands and outdated business models are driving significant shifts—to the point where tomorrow’s car manufacturers might not look anything like they do today. As the automotive industry goes ...

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STANDARDS: Back to School with Roadmap 2.0

Roadmap 2.0 is intended to serve as a crib sheet to help business leaders plan for an increasingly uncertain future as it pertains to material handling and logistics. By Patrick Davison, MHI Director of Education and Standards This fall, the Class of 2030 started kindergarten, and this past June, the Class of 2017, who started kindergarten in 2004, graduated from ...

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2017 MHI Annual Industry Report: Think Big, Start Small, Act Fast

Fourth MHI Annual Industry Report Says Digital Supply Chain Will Be Predominant Model Within Five Years After four years of surveying supply chain executives, MHI and report partner Deloitte have seen the original predictions about disruptive technologies changing traditional supply chain models from the initial Annual Industry Report in 2014 come to fruition. “A full 80% of the 1,100 manufacturing, ...

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5th Annual Innovation Awards Honors ProMat Exhibitor Products, Solutions in Three Categories

For the fifth year, MHI honored their event exhibitors who have created the most innovative products and solutions in our industry. Prior to ProMat 2017, exhibitors were invited to submit entries in three different categories: Best New Innovation, Best Innovation of an Existing Product and Best IT Innovation. We received a record 153 total submissions spread between the three categories, ...

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Textiles: Two Technology-Related Trends Surface as Market Grows

The textile industry in the United States is in the midst of a phoenix-like rise from the ashes. After 650 textile plants closed in the U.S. between 1997 and 2009, jobs and profits are coming back. According to the National Council of Textile Organizations, the value of shipments for textiles and apparel in the U.S. in 2016 was $74.4 billion—up ...

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2017 MHI Executive Summit & Annual Conference Preview

The 2017 MHI Executive Summit & Annual Conference is an exclusive event for manufacturing and supply chain executives. It is taking place October 2-4, 2017, in Boca Raton, Florida. It is an exclusive, senior level, one-day event for manufacturing and supply chain executive leadership. Visit MHI.org/Summit for more info. The 2017 MHI Annual Conference will focus on key themes identified ...

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ProMat Sees Attendance Growth of 20 Percent

Manufacturing and supply chain professionals gathered in record numbers in Chicago at the recent ProMat 2017, the largest material handling and logistics trade expo in North and South America. With registrations of 4,872 attendees, show producer MHI announced a 20 percent attendance jump over 2015. The four-day event, April 3-6, covered 384,000 square feet of exhibit space on two show ...

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