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Supply Chains Transforming to Improve Worker Productivity, Experience and Safety BY JOHN PAXTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MHI Link to digital version of article in MHI Solutions. With the rapidly growing workforce challenges of recruiting and retaining talent, firms are continuing to look for solutions by implementing automation, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other technologies. These tools not only empower and ...

Case studies from organizations that have deployed AR or VR reflect futuristic, yet practical, applications, including training, remote assistance, compliance audits and order fulfillment.

BY TOM GRESHAM Link to digital version of article in MHI Solutions. Twenty years ago, ergonomics “was kind of a nice thing to do,” said Jim Galante, chair of MHI’s Ergonomic Assist Systems & Equipment (EASE) Industry Group, but it was not an area that attracted close attention in material handling. In the decades since then, however, he said an ...

New technologies could soon provide even more facility workers in manufacturing and supply chains with the opportunity to take on their job without being on site.

Faced with headwinds, manufacturers, distributors and retailers are being forced to reassess their supply chains, this time focusing not just on streamlining processes but also on building resiliency.

Where Are They Now? Catching up with an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient AAHIL MAKHANI AUBURN UNIVERSITY Link to digital version of article in MHI Solutions. Aahil Makhani really had it made as a senior at Auburn University in 2020-21. Not only was his schooling paid for, thanks in part to a scholarship from the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI), but ...

Annual survey of key warehousing and distribution metrics helps facility managers, directors, supervisors and C-level bosses compare their operations against others to improve performance.

If supply chains are what make the world work, then electrification and control devices are what make supply chains function.

Ergonomics—the science that designs environments, equipment, tools and tasks within the capabilities of people to maximize productivity, efficiency and safety—has been an important part of the material handling industry for decades.

Continued outreach and education on the topics of worker safety during overhead lifting are the focus of the Alliance between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Crane, Hoist and Monorail (CHM) members.