MHI YPN hosted its first-ever webinar on February 27th. The topic was: Other Generations: What ARE they thinking?

 

The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has agreed to support CRC/ICHC to be held May 29-30 in Indianapolis, Ind., announces MCM Events, the conference organizer. SEAA comes on board as a Supporting Organization at the same time that MCM Events finalizes the agenda.

 

The Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) will present its 58th Annual Convention, May 4-8, 2013 at the JW Desert Springs in Palm Desert, California. The Convention provides material handling equipment professionals the opportunity to spend four days learning, networking and discovering resources for their company. This year's theme is "Get Your Game On!"

 

Same-day delivery from major e-commerce and multichannel retailers during the 2012 holiday season introduced e-commerce as a viable option, even for last-minute shoppers. This evolution in customer demand now ripples through the supply chain for all retailers, prompting executives to re-evaluate real estate strategies, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) titled "Big Box Outlook-2013."

 

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.

 

1.82 million-square-foot facility in California»s Inland Empire is recognized for environmentally-friendly design.

 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently announced the establishment of a National Freight Advisory Committee to provide recommendations aimed at improving the national freight transportation system. A strong freight transportation system is critical to the nation's economy and essential for helping meet President Obama's goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2015.