{"id":1058,"date":"2015-12-22T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T14:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2016-03-18T08:12:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:12:35","slug":"sustainable-collaboration-is-good-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/22\/sustainable-collaboration-is-good-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Collaboration is Good for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/mhi-q0116_l_final-77\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1081\" src=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77-1024x986.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77-800x771.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77-553x533.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MHI-Q0116_L_Final-77.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Think of the word \u201csustainable\u201d and what springs to mind? For many, it means being \u201cgreen,\u201d and accepting the need for more careful use of increasingly limited natural resources. More specifically, it is a word synonymous with energy renewal and efficiency programs, harnessing the power of the sun, water and wind.<\/p>\n<p>Let me offer another word to consider\u2014\u201c collaboration.\u201d Perhaps you would associate this with something that consultants and \u201ccenters of excellence\u201d departments are responsible for \u2014a collective determination to reach an identical objective\u2014by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to the concept of \u201csustainable collaboration,\u201d recently introduced in MHI\u2019s Solutions Groups meetings during the 2015 MHI Annual Conference, with goals directly aligned to the U.S. Roadmap of Material Handling &amp; Logistics. Sustainable Collaboration in business is found in both inter- and intra-organization, and ranges from the simplicity of a phone call between peers and customers to the complexity of forming groups within a trade organization; all paths are fair and equitable ways of coordinating different ideas from many experienced people within the entire supply chain ecosystem<br \/>\nto generate innovative ideas and<br \/>\nsolutions to complex problems.<\/p>\n<p><em>By David Schwebel, MHI manager of Solutions and Product Groups<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/naylor\/MHIQ\/MHIQ0116\/index.php#\/78\">Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of the word \u201csustainable\u201d and what springs to mind? For many, it means being \u201cgreen,\u201d and accepting the need for more careful use of increasingly limited natural resources. 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