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Learning Fast: Artificial Intelligence Poised to Have Big Impact on Supply Chains

MHISolutionsmag.com—Artificial intelligence is poised to have a big impact on supply chains. Already, AI is being used to streamline supply chain operations and save companies money.

Blockchain Efforts Move Beyond the Hype: ‘This Is Happening Now’

Bloomberg—After years of research and development, companies are finally starting to make the big leap—using blockchain networks to cut costs, conduct trade and track goods.

Facility Safety Gate Selection

While most safety gate models are designed and built for specific applications, certain models lend themselves to a specific type of facility. For example, Open Top safety gates are rarely found in distribution centers, but they are popular in production facilities. We took a look at four types of industrial facilities and put together a guide to help you choose the best fall protection system for each one.

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MHI Video — Reducing Costs with Repurposed Materials

As part of MHI view's ongoing video program, this episode focuses on Reducing Costs with Repurposed Materials.

Sustainability is increasingly a concern for many manufacturing and supply chain companies. With that in mind, rather than simply recycling waste or unused, outdated materials, many companies are choosing to sell these materials reducing their carbon footprint while increasing their bottom line.

Technology and Innovation

Material Handling in the FUTURE! (Even Entertainment Can’t Live Without It.)

MHI Blog—Even in the imaginary future depicting by movies and games, material handling plays an important role. In a nutshell, no matter how advanced the society gets, we will always need material handling. The particulars of how we do it may evolve and change as we do, but the industry? That’s never going away.

How Secure Is Your IoT Solution?

CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly—While the Internet of Things (IoT) opens up a wide range of opportunities for the supply chain, it is also vulnerable to cyberattacks. Using a threat model can help companies assess how secure their system is.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive—CrowdStrike announced the results of its global supply chain survey, finding that 80 percent of respondents believe software supply chain attacks have the potential to become one of the biggest cyber threats over the next three years.

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Supply Chain Trends

Utilize Unstructured Data to Pursue Business Growth

EBN—By utilizing both structured and unstructured data to unlock valuable insights into customer purchasing patterns and promote operational efficiencies in the supply chain, organizations can capture a competitive advantage.

ThomasNews—As manufacturers and retailers contend with rising shipping costs, supply chains are undergoing a transformation. But what’s driving the increase in costs?

Logistics Viewpoints—The ongoing rapid growth of e-commerce and omni-channel commerce, and these channels’ effects on fulfillment requirements, continue to be a leading factor contributing to demand for warehouse management systems (WMS) deployments and enhancements

Manufacturing

ICWM Releases New Standard

Modern Materials Handling—ANSI has approved updates to the ANSI ICWM-2018 standard, titled “Vocabulary, Performance and Testing Requirements for Casters and Wheels.”

The 6 Types of Manufacturing Processes

MachineDesign— For decades there have been five basic types of manufacturing processes. Now, there is a sixth: 3D printing.

Morningstar—Meat is piling up in U.S. cold-storage warehouses, fueled by a surge in supplies and trade disputes that are eroding demand.

Digital Transformation is more than just another buzz term, it’s a critical movement that companies must embrace to survive. But all too often companies become paralyzed under the weight of determining where to start their transformation journey. Here’s our suggestion. Start with SALES.

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Transportation

Freight Transportation and Logistics Economic Outlook Remains Largely Positive

Logistics Management—There is a lot to like about the current strength of the freight transportation and logistics economy.

Workforce

Looking for Your Next Career Move? Search MHI's Career Forum for Available Positions

MHI’s new Career Forum enables manufacturing and supply chain professionals to view current job postings of MHI member companies. Go to http://www.mhi.org/careers to find the perfect opportunity for you.

ECONOMIC MARKET ANALYSIS: Growth Continues, Despite a Risky First Half of 2018

MHISolutionsmag.com—The first half of the 2018 included a number of policy surprises that engendered significant financial market volatility. U.S. trade policy, in particular, became a flashpoint of uncertainty, as tariffs were lobbed back and forth between the U.S. and China. The aftermath of that uncertainty is likely to cast a shadow over growth prospects late this year and in 2019.