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The 2018 Executive Summit will feature a talk from Gerd Leonhard – futurist, speaker and author. Leonhard will be discussing the “10 Essential Future Principles Every Supply Chain Leader Needs to Know Right Now.” To get a taste of this talk, check out the new video.
To minimize the risk of a pallet load and/or handling equipment colliding with a rack column or another load—creating an unsafe situation—storage rack design engineers incorporate a space allowance for load clearance. Too little clearance will result in damage to both the loads and the storage racks. Too much clearance will waste space and can increase costs.
The Board of Governors of MHI are pleased to announce the appointment of John Paxton to the position of Chief Operating Officer/Chief Executive Officer Designate.
Cybersecurity expert John Sileo will be discussing how cybersecurity can empower cultural change at the 2018 MHI Executive Summit this October. To get a preview, check out this video.
Sometimes it’s more convenient—or simply necessary—to store certain items or loads outside instead of inside the four walls of a facility. And—when properly designed, engineered, installed and maintained—outdoor industrial steel storage racks offer the same degree of safety and functionality as their indoor counterparts.
Technology and Innovation
For the sixth year, MHI honored the MODEX exhibitors deemed by an expert panel of industry insiders to have created the most innovative products and solutions in our industry. Prior to MODEX in April, exhibitors were invited to submit entries in three different categories: Best New Innovation, Best Innovation of an Existing Product and Best IT Innovation.
Supply Chain Trends
The distribution centers of the future are likely to be largely automated. This MHI view video explains how widespread adoption of automation could have longer term impacts beyond enhanced productivity that could create new opportunities for supply chains.
As the automobile industry ramps up testing of self-driving vehicles, next generation autonomous vehicles are already being deployed across the retail fulfillment chain—and one day, up to consumers’ doors. In the future, autonomous vehicles “definitely” will be ubiquitous—the question is how rapidly they will be adopted.
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