Material Handling Industry of America has rebranded and adopted a new name: MHI - The Industry That Makes the Supply Chain Work?. One of the biggest changes will be the new website - MHI.org. Launched in January, the site offers expanded solutions to a wide range of material handling and supply chain needs.

 

As the need for flexibility and adaptability throughout the supply chain continues to grow, a shift to robotics will comprise one of the biggest changes in material handling says C. Dwight Klappich, vice president of research at information technology research and advisory firm Gartner Inc.

 

MHI and Reed Exhibitions (RX) announce that MODEX and Supply Chain & Transportation USA will co-locate in 2014. Both exhibitions will be held March 17-20 at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center. RX is the world's largest exhibition company and currently produces 18 events for the transportation and logistics events around the globe including SITL Europe in Paris, France and also, Brazil, India and Thailand.

 

As an indicator of the continued economic recovery of the material handling, supply chain and logistics industry, U.S. and international attendees registered in record numbers for ProMat 2013--the premier North American manufacturing and supply chain trade expo.

 

Forty-nine percent of U.S. manufacturing companies are considering re-shoring jobs, this according to a recent MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation report titled ?U.S. Re-shoring: A Turning Point."