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The Material Handling Industry of America recently changed its name to Material Handling Industry. The association’s rebranding includes new and expanded services and programming for members, including online resources, promotional opportunities, meetings and networking. By Michael Fickes Click to read the story 

More than 50 billion mobile smart devices will be talking to each other and to you by 2020, according to a variety of prognosticators. What will all those smart devices have to say to each other and to you? How do you turn the data they generate into valuable, actionable information placed into the right hands? Click to read the ...

There are people who are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to improve the industry. Case in point: Professor Ben Montreuil, who created the concept of the Physical Internet, which standardizes the way container loads of shipments flow through a networked system, similar to the way of information flows in “packets” through the Internet. Click to read the story

  When the economy slows down, everyone takes a deep breath and hopes that this isn’t the beginning of the second dip of a double dip recession. The economy is slowing now. But economists aren’t forecasting a nosedive. Most say that we’re simply going to grow more slowly during 2013, with strong growth returning for 2014. Click to read the ...

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By Michael Fickes Click to read the story  

By Dinah Wisenberg Brin Click to read story  

Technological innovations and new ways of thinking are beginning to improve the performance of the supply chain in stores, on the road and in the warehouse, satisfying demands for lightning speed and total accuracy. By Michael Fickes Click to read the story