{"id":2198,"date":"2019-06-19T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2020-06-04T14:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:55:22","slug":"mhi-solutions-community-disruption-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/19\/mhi-solutions-community-disruption-junction\/","title":{"rendered":"MHI SOLUTIONS COMMUNITY: Disruption Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SolutionsCommunity_450p_centered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2183\" src=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SolutionsCommunity_450p_centered-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SolutionsCommunity_450p_centered-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SolutionsCommunity_450p_centered.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Disruption Junction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All too often, if you want to make something easier or better in the future, you may have to endure some major inconveniences in the present. That\u2019s definitely true in the ever-evolving material-handling industry, where everyone must work together to minimize the disruption to existing operations while implementing major changes.<\/p>\n<p><em>* By John Paxton *<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason the phrase \u201cno pain, no gain\u201d is such an enduring clich\u00e9. All too often, if you want to make something easier or better in the future, you may have to endure some major inconveniences in the present. That\u2019s definitely true in the ever-evolving material-handling industry, where buyers of new systems and technology and the suppliers who serve them must work together to minimize the disruption to existing operations while implementing major changes.<\/p>\n<p>Managing that difficult transitional period when the old meets the new was identified as one of the top barriers to implementing new technologies when the Solutions Community conducted a poll of 75 members, and overcoming those barriers was a featured topic at the Solutions Community\u2019s spring meeting, where members offered the following advice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be agile and incremental. Install during weekends and off-shift hours; perform dry-run tests.<\/li>\n<li>Involve your employees. Capture \u201ctribal knowledge\u201d and engage workers early in the process to get buy-in.<\/li>\n<li>Do side-by-side implementations if possible.<\/li>\n<li>Focus on the relationship between the system and training. Make a training plan for the next two years, think of future on-site training in cycles, and account for potential future staff turnover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To delve more deeply into this important issue, I recently spoke with four MHI Solutions Community members who deal with this topic every day: Matt Kulp, executive vice president, managing partner, St. Onge; John Reichert, senior director of SCE solutions, Tecsys; Rupesh Narkar, director of sales, logistics automation, Americas, Swisslog Logistics Inc.; and John Ashodian, segment marketing manager, SICK Inc. Here\u2019s what they had to say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutions-digital.com\/mhiq\/0319_volume_7__issue_3\/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&amp;folio=90#pg90\"><strong><em>Read More\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disruption Junction All too often, if you want to make something easier or better in the future, you may have to endure some major inconveniences in the present. 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