MHI is focusing on the theme of accelerating change in supply chains for its 2016 Annual Conference, October 17-19, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. 

Approximately 50 kilometers outside of Antwerp, amongst green fields and alongside the Albert Canal, Nike’s newly expanded, state-of-the-art European Logistics Campus in Belgium will serve consumers faster as part of a more responsive and sustainable supply chain.

Big data, cloud-based, mobile robotics, wearable technology, Internet of Things—all trends driving innovation in AS/RS.

Data-driven and autonomous supply chains will provide an opportunity for "previously unimaginable levels of optimization" in manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and last mile delivery, according to DHL’s 2016 Logistics Trend Radar.

Have you gifted personalized M&Ms? Ordered custom-built Nike trainers? Considered a design-your-own Smart car? If so, you, as a consumer, are benefiting from the modern maturation of mass customization in the retail sector. 

The 2016 MHI Executive Summit will feature a workshop on trust – specifically how to improve stake-holder engagement, build world-class teams and improve profits through trust. The workshop will be led by world-renowned author and speaker, Stephen M. R. Covey author of Speed of Trust.

The Ergonomic Assist Systems and Equipment (EASE) Product Group of MHI has produced a two-hour online course on ergonomics & lean in industrial environments.

MHI, Messe München and ITE Group announce the collocation of the newly formed Transportation & Logistics Americas (TLA) exhibition with MODEX 2018. Both events will be held April 9-12, 2018 at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. 

A recent article in USA Today reports that UPS has invested in 3D printing and finds the new technology important in today’s manufacturing. 

In a just-awarded patent, Google outlined a strategy to ensure that autonomous and remote-controlled robots in a distribution center/warehouse facilities aren’t overloaded as they move materials and product.

MHI Young Professionals Network and the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) have partnered for this year’s Emerging Leaders Conference, July 28 at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel in Chicago, IL.

The National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education (SCTE), funded by the National Science Foundation, is holding several Education Workforce Forums to educate next generation workers in advanced material handling systems. 

The Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design at Virginia Tech is hosting a course on unit load design for pallet suppliers August 23-15, 2016 at the Brooks Forest Product Center.