MHI released the list of finalists for the 2023 MHI Innovation Award. After receiving 156 submissions for this year’s awards, judges comprised of professionals from the material handling and supply chain industry completed the initial vetting process. Four finalists were chosen as the most innovative products in each category—Best New Innovation; Best Innovation of an Existing Product; and Best IT ...
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Tackling Resiliency: Piece by Piece
Being resilient is almost a given if you are a woman who has achieved success and a leadership position in the supply chain industry. So, who better to ask about achieving resiliency, especially when it comes to personal challenges, but also how they have applied those lessons to organizational resilience factors, as well?
Read More »MHI Annual Industry Report Reveals Some Interesting Findings
Each year, the results of the 2021 MHI Annual Industry Report contain some surprises, almost like the running of the Kentucky Derby, where the winner oftentimes is not the horse you expected. This year’s report, Innovation Driven Resilience follows true. While some of the results are typical and much like previous years, there are a few surprises.
Read More »Supply Chains: Anchors of Resilience
During the April 13 keynote at ProMatDX, American Logistics Aid Network’s Kathy Fulton and a panel of supply chain thought-leaders from Clorox, FedEX and C&S Grocers explored lessons learned from the pandemic and how building long-term resiliency into supply chain and logistics operations will be key to adapting and recovering when future disruption or disaster strikes.
Read More »‘The Perfect Something!” MHI Announces Winners of 2021 MHI Innovation Awards
The companies that earn a spot in the list of finalists for the MHI Innovation Awards go through a rigorous vetting process by the judges. But, it isn’t just the companies on that list that consider themselves winners. One of the judges in this year’s panel of eight spoke to the value of the Innovation Awards for everyone involved when ...
Read More »ProMatDX: Once You’ve Completed Step 1, the Rest Is a Breeze!
Once You’ve Completed Step 1, the Rest Is a Breeze! If you missed the live “how to” webinar on April 5—where some fabulous tips were shared by host Ralph Henderson, MHI’s John Paxton and Carol Miller, Freemans’s Nicole Ginebra, and Grip’s Casey Pannella—we have some of the highlights outlined below AND you can watch the recording of the video online. ...
Read More »ProMatDX Going On Now!
April 12-16, 2021: promatshow.com ProMatDX, going on April 12-16 (yes, that is this week!), has a recap newsletter every day. This newsletter is being sent out every day of the show as the activities are wrapping up, and contain news from the sponsors, previews for the day ahead, recaps of conference events, and valuable information on the industry’s biggest event—all ...
Read More »It’s Time to Power Up Your Supply Chain
In these unprecedented times, supply chain solutions are more critical to business success than they have ever been. To answer this call, MHI created the ProMat Digital Experience (ProMatDX), a new digital event experience designed to power up manufacturing and supply chain professionals with critical access to the latest solutions they need now to improve the resiliency and agility of ...
Read More »Supply Chain Leaders’ Strategies: How to Survive and Thrive in a COVID-19 World
BY CAROL MILLER, MHI VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Supply chain disruptions took on a whole new dimension in 2020 with the emergence and worldwide spread of COVID-19. The simultaneous challenges of overseas supplier shutdowns, domestic shelter-in-place mandates, and an unprecedented uptick in demand for the basics initially left the world’s supply chains reeling. Here, nine supply chain leaders ...
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