Material Handling and Logistics Industry Developing U.S. Roadmap

The development of the first-ever U.S. industry roadmap for material handling and logistics (MHL) was announced today. The MHL Roadmap is a broad, industry-wide effort to create a blueprint of market, technological and developmental priorities that are needed to accomplish long-term industry goals.

The MHL U.S. Roadmap effort will begin with four, two-day meetings to bring together a variety of market and technology experts in material handling and logistics from industry, universities and government.

Event dates are:

April 16-17 in Atlanta
May 7-8 Washington, D.C.
June 4-5 in Los Angeles
June 26-27 in Chicago

The results of each event will be rolled up into a single U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling and Logistics report and action plan that will be available for general release by the end of 2013.

Partners developing the Roadmap include:

Association Partners:

• Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution (CELDi)
• College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE)
• MHI
• Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC)
• Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA)

• CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly
• DC Velocity
• Inbound Logistics
• Logistics Management
• Material Handling & Logistics
• Modern Materials Handling
• Supply Chain Brain
• Supply Chain Management Review

• Network with thought leaders across a wide variety of backgrounds, interests and expertise
• Bring new ideas back to use in your business and in your career
• Directly influence the future direction of the industry
• Raise awareness of the importance of material handling and logistics to the US economy
• Gain new perspectives on the industry and how it should work in the future