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MHI has put together the resources to help keep essential manufacturing, material handling and supply chain operations running during this crisis.
   At MODEX 2020 the latest edition to the MHI Annual Industry Report was unveiled to an eager crowd. George Prest along with Deloitte representative Thomas Boykin and a panel of contributors delivered the results and implications of the growing body of research.
MHI Industry Group, Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA), released its first American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard—Steel Mesh Containment Panels used on Pallet Rack Vertical Storage Systems Applications: Performance and Testing Requirements. This is the first step in providing the marketplace with certified product testing protocol.
MHI recently donated $25,550 to the Rock Hill School District Three Education Foundation, which is the foundation that supports in part the "Back the Pack" program. The money was raised as part of the proceeds from MHI Industry Night at MODEX 2020. Back the Pack provides meals during the school year for K-12 students in need of nutritional support during weekends when school meals are unavailable.
Technology and Innovation
The growing use of collaborative robots, or cobots, is giving some warehousing and distribution centers a much-needed productivity boost. Guided by sensors, cameras and artificial intelligence (AI), cobots can move autonomously and work alongside human employees to complete various tasks. Unlike large industrial robots, they are small, lightweight and flexible enough to work in a warehouse environment where people and equipment are constantly on the move.
Education & Professional Development
The MODEX Education Conference serves to educate the industry on timely and relevant topics for today’s industry professionals. This year MHI rolled out the Top Education Seminars program, a program designed to reward seminars that go above and beyond in educating attendees. The Top Education Seminars were chosen based on net promoter score, relevancy score, and attendance; all ratings used to determine the winners were from MODEX 2020 attendees.
Manufacturing
Since 1933, the Monorail Manufacturers Association (MMA) has been promoting the advantages and safe use of patented and enclosed track underhung crane and monorail systems. The independent incorporated trade association, affiliated with MHI, has actively supported the development and certification of safety standards.
Supply Chain Trends
Deloitte recently released a report titled “COVID-19: Orchestrating the recovery of organizations and supply chains” that details how supply chains might move from a response to recovery. While many supply chains set up a central command center to speed up response during crises, as the crisis moves into recovery, that command center can flow into a central orchestration point.
Workforce
Numerous options exist for ergonomic workstations, but there are also numerous keys to selecting the proper equipment to the job. Finding those right keys was one of the goals at a webinar held in November by MHI Industry Group Ergonomic Assist Systems and Equipment (EASE), which addressed how companies can most effectively set up ergonomic workstations for the protection of their workers.
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