To view the Q1 2022 issue of MHI Solutions, click here. CEO Update by John Paxton The pandemic significantly accelerated many supply chain trends and technology adoptions. Sustainability is no different as the drivers shifted from risk management and compliance to the opportunity for new supply chain efficiencies and market differentiation. As manufacturing and supply chain professionals face demand from ...
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MHI Solutions, Q4 2021
Link to digital version of MHI Solutions, Q4 2021. Read the new issue of MHI Solutions to learn how supply chains are transforming to improve worker productivity, experience and safety. Some of the features include: —Technology’s Role in Safer Operations —Robots Talking to Robots—Creating a Culture of Safety Excellence —Teleoperations Enabling Remote Options for Warehouse Workers—Augmented and Virtual Realities: Transforming ...
Read More »Augmented and Virtual Realities: Transforming Supply Chains
Case studies from organizations that have deployed AR or VR reflect futuristic, yet practical, applications, including training, remote assistance, compliance audits and order fulfillment.
Read More »Teleoperations Enabling Remote Options for Warehouse Workers
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.
Read More »The Connected Worker
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 ...
Read More »A ‘Landmark Event’ Marks Growing Industry Interest in Improved Ergonomics
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 ...
Read More »Building Resilient Supply Chains in the Face of Costly Disruptions
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.
Read More »Material Handling Ergonomics in Industry 4.0
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.
Read More »Wanted for the Future: Strong Leadership Skills, Training Support
Strong leadership capabilities at all levels have never been more integral to a business’s success. The future environment of the material handling industry requires new skills and experiences for its leaders.
Read More »Industry Focus: Automotive
Product transformations, chip shortages, labor scarcity take a toll, but the automotive industry Is rebounding and was up 32% in the first half of 2021.
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