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Where Are They Now? Catching Up With an MHEFI Scholarship Recipient BREANNA SCHNEIDER, OPERATIONS ANALYST, GRAINGER BREANNA SCHNEIDER HAD a formative experience in high school when her Advanced Placement statistics class watched the movie “Moneyball,” about how the budget‑constrained Oakland Athletics used statistical analysis to build an overachieving roster. Schneider said the film inspired her to study statistics at the ...

THE PEOPLE WHO work at MHI and its Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) division are the gears that keep the association moving. They ensure MHI continues to be a valuable association and resource for people involved in the industry, doing so with competence and smiles on their faces. The goal of this column is to give readers a glimpse ...

BY CHRISTY DULA, CHIEF EXPERIENCE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, MHI AS SUPPLY CHAINS face ongoing labor shortages and demand volatility, distribution centers and warehouses are rethinking how they schedule workforces. The traditional model of fixed, eight‑hour shifts across two or three blocks is giving way to more adaptive approaches. Flexible scheduling—supported by digital workforce platforms—is emerging as a way to ...

Providing a choice of language expands frontline workers’ access to the industry’s most comprehensive collection of equipment, safety and processes information.   BY REBECCA WOODS, DIRECTOR OF TALENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MHI THE WERC DISTRIBUTION Logistics Education Program has reached a new milestone: the first of its six courses—Distribution Logistics Fundamentals—is now available in Spanish. This marks an important step ...

Powered by CICMHE: Creating Synergies Between MHI and Academia   BY PROFESSOR FABIO SGARBOSSA, NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSOR DAVID PORTER, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL Material Handling Research Colloquium (IMHRC) was held in Trondheim, Norway, from June 24‑27, 2025. Since 1990, MHI and the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) have proudly ...

BY SANDY SMITH CHICAGO‑BASED STARTUP ARVIST AI is redefining warehouse automation with a vision‑based platform that integrates seamlessly into existing infrastructure. Founded with a focus on safety analytics, Arvist has expanded into quality control and compliance, helping customers reduce manual tasks, eliminate barcode scanning and improve operational accuracy—without disrupting their current systems. The company just closed a $4 million seed ...

Although Bethany Patterson’s education didn’t focus on supply chain, her career journey eventually led her to a field that has “stretched, challenged and inspired” her in unanticipated ways. After attending Lee University in Tennessee and transferring to the University of North Carolina—Charlotte, Patterson earned a degree in marketing and international public relations. At the time, she never imagined a career ...

CEO Update In today’s global economy, supply chains are no longer just the backbone of commerce—they are the strategic battleground. As organizations face mounting pressures from geopolitical tensions, shifting tariffs and unpredictable disruptions, the need for end‑to‑end visibility and real‑time transparency has never been more urgent. This issue of MHI Solutions explores how forward‑thinking companies are reimagining their operations to ...

Executive Viewpoint BY BRIAN C. NEUWIRTH There might not be anything more valuable in business than true perspective. If you don’t have it as a leader—if your view is blinkered and narrow—then your work will suffer, as will your business. On the flip side, those who are able to gain a clear‑eyed view of their field and the broader world ...

MHI Solutions Community BY CHRISTIAN DOW, EVP OF INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP, MHI For little kids, playing “telephone” is a fun game, because as one child whispers the message to the next child in line, it often changes substantially, so it’s anyone’s guess what the last child will hear. In supply‑chain operations, however, there’s no room for garbled communications or a lack ...