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MHI IS PROUD to announce the recipients of the 2026 MHI Innovation and StartUp Awards, recognizing outstanding advancements shaping the future of the material handling and supply chain industry. This year’s MHI Innovation Awards drew in a strong response, with more than 220 submissions reviewed by a panel of industry experts. Following a comprehensive evaluation process, the judges selected four ...

The 14th Annual MHI Innovation Awards recognized transformational technologies across four categories at MODEX 2026. BY GREG BAER, MHI, VP OF SALES OUT OF THE thousands of supply chain and material handling solutions on display at the Georgia World Congress Center during MODEX 2026, just four earned top honors through the MHI Innovation Awards. Selected from a competitive field of ...

BY KATIE KUEHNER‑HEBERT   AUTOMATION, CONTROLS AND Electrification (ACE) members are the material handling industry’s leading suppliers of electrification and controlling devices. ACE is a rebranding of the Electrification and Controls Manufacturers Association (ECMA), which originally focused on electrification and control systems for cranes. Since 2022, the industry group has expanded to include manufacturers and suppliers of such devices for ...

BY SANDY SMITH WITHIN MHI, THE Storage Manufacturers Association (SMA) serves as a steadying force in an industry undergoing rapid technological change. Its members design and manufacture the platforms, shelving and elevated work structures that form the literal foundation of modern warehouses and distribution centers. What distinguishes SMA is its commitment to shared standards, engineering rigor and a long‑term approach ...

Supply chains are becoming more automated and complex as artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the pace of change, but pressing workforce challenges—including a massive skills gap, chronic labor shortages and high turnover among frontline workers—threaten to limit the benefits of innovation. AI may be exacerbating those challenges, but experts say it will also be the key to solving them. BY DAVID ...

BY MARY LOU JAY HYEJINKANG/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM AI, AUTOMATION AND RELATED technologies are changing the way that people work today and altering the approach that organizations are taking to determine their future workforce needs. “Traditional operational workforce planning is focused on filling headcount and managing short-term staffing needs, as well as on the ability to run the organization in the current environment,” ...

71% say AI is disrupting supply chains, with 24% MHI AND DELOITTE recently released a report identifying artificial intelligence (AI) as the supply chain industry’s most disruptive technology for the next decade. The 2026 MHI Annual Industry Report, “Rewiring the Future: A Supply Chain Playbook for Innovation,” finds that the emergence of AI is causing supply chain leaders to reassess ...

Fulfillment networks are steadily evolving in three noticeable ways. BY CHRIS LEWIS ISTOCK.COM/ARTEMISDIANA MAKE NO MISTAKE about it. When it comes to micro‑fulfillment and omnichannel strategies, a variety of shifts are occurring. In fact, many—if not most—of these shifts will continue well beyond 2026. Why? Simply put, companies are striving to meet their customers’ ever‑rising expectations. Yet, at the same ...

BY TOM GRESHAM ISTOCK.COM/NVS NO INDUSTRY IS closer to the ultimate end‑user than the consumer goods industry. “They have a real finger on the pulse of what the consumer wants and needs and uses every day,” Tom Madrecki, vice president of supply chain and logistics for the Consumer Brands Association, said. The consumer goods industry encompasses all products bought by ...

The event was held April 13‑16 in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center MODEX, THE LARGEST event for manufacturing and supply chain professionals in 2026, concluded its most successful edition to date, breaking records for attendance, exhibition and global participation. The 2026 event, sponsored by MHI, welcomed 50,000 registered visitors from every U.S. state and 132 countries, alongside 1,057 ...