Technology

BY CHRISTIAN DOW, MHI EXECUTIVE VP OF MEMBERSHIP AND INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP It’s not flashy like the version pioneered by coach Phil Jackson and the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, but the material handling industry has its own take on the triangle offense, and in a fully optimized warehouse, it can be just as impressive to watch. When software and control ...

BY TOM GRESHAM The turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a kind of perfect storm in warehouse and distribution centers, skyrocketing the already growing demand for e-commerce to new heights while exacerbating the existing labor shortage and making it more difficult to meet that demand. As a result of the pressures that have accompanied the pandemic, automation is seeing ...

BY MARY LOU JAY The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the supply chains of many sectors, and many companies are still feeling the aftershocks. As they try to get back to normal operations, businesses are pondering what they need to do to build supply chains that are, if not quite invincible, at least more resilient. These six strategies could increase their chance ...

MHI releases third edition in a series of forward-looking industry Roadmaps with “Transformation Age: Shaping Your Future.”

Significant changes with technologies and trends will transform the supply chain as we know it

A look at how (and which) equipment and technologies have impacted the process of handling, moving, storing, protecting, controlling and disposing of literally everything we use and consume today.

COVID-19 has had many of us accepting a new norm. In most states bars and gyms are still closed and restaurants are operating at a limited capacity. We know how this effects our everyday, but is it clear how this will effect the supply chain and material handling industry across the globe? To read the rest of this story and ...

Supply chain professionals are facing unprecedented challenges.

The seventh edition of MHI Annual Industry Report explores the fundamental link between these three pillars of operational success.

Competitive advantage through AI, IoT and robotics is increasingly within reach for more supply chain companies.