MHI Young Professionals Network and the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) have partnered for this year’s Emerging Leaders Conference, August 1, in Chicago, IL.

 

The Board of Directors of the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI) recently announced its 2013-2014 Scholarship Winners. This year, forty scholarships for a total of $135,774 were issued for this academic term.

 

Material handling equipment new orders grew 7.2% in 2012 and are forecasted to grow 5.0% to 6.0% in 2013 and 10.0% or more in 2014, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by MHI.

 

MHI is introducing a new blog for manufacturing and supply chain professionals. The MHI Blog will highlight the wealth of content on MHI.org and provide context to new technologies, topical news and industry trends.

 

As the country’s unemployment rate remains well above the country’s long-term 5.8 percent average, there is a bright spot–supply chain.

 

What is the Blue Banana? This is what Colliers calls the discontinuous corridor of cities that are strategically located in the economic heart of Europe and are the dominant locations for distribution.

 

Ports were awarded for capital expenditure spending, disaster preparedness, port efficiency, excellence in logistics, cargo and container growth, among other metrics.