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Scholarship Winners: Where Are They Now?
Entrepreneur Finds Success in Industrial Engineering and Side Businesses Eric Gilbert, Oklahoma State University Between his entrepreneurial spirit and his brainpower, Eric Gilbert is well positioned to be a very successful guy. He started a thriving ice cream shop in Oklahoma City with four buddies from college, recently purchased two rental properties and has begun selling wall clocks on Amazon, ...
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The people who work at MHI are the gears that keep the association rolling.
Read More »Information on Supply Chain and Business Continuity During COVID-19 Response
According to the National Business Emergency Operations Center (NBEOC), acute stock-outs in stores and online continue across the United States as prolonged, heightened consumer demand has caused distribution backlogs slowing resupply efforts. Private sector supply chains are running at high freight volume but overall capacity remains normal; there are no current shortages reported on the production side. However, deliveries are ...
Read More »Supply Chain Industry Comes Together for MODEX 2020
Manufacturing and supply chain professionals converged on Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center last week as they came together for MODEX 2020 to find new equipment and technology solutions, gain knowledge and network with industry peers to solve common supply chain challenges. Based on the information from the WHO, CDC and local authorities at the time with regard to COVID-19, the ...
Read More »CEO Update: Supply Chain Technology 2020
Emerging technology has been a common theme over the last seven Annual Industry Reports MHI has released with Deloitte over the same number of years.
Read More »Exploring the Use of Robotics in the Final 50 Feet of Delivery
New sophisticated solutions are being developed to optimize the last leg of the delivery journey: the final 50 feet.
Read More »Aerial Accounting
There is a new aerial option for performing inventory management—a solution that’s gaining traction is autonomous drones.
Read More »Collaborative Robots Streamline Logistics Operations
The growing use of collaborative robots, or cobots, is giving some warehousing and distribution centers a much-needed productivity boost.
Read More »Sensors: Seeing a New, Mobile Future
Innovation in the sensor arena—especially related to cameras and safety—is creating opportunities for increased functionality with AGVs and mobile robots.
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