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MHISolutionsmag.com—2018 MHI Annual Industry Report highlights NextGen innovations and how to overcome the top barriers to adoption. For the fifth consecutive year, MHI and the Deloitte Consulting LLP research team—led by Scott Sopher, principal and leader of the Global Supply Chain Practice—queried more than 1,100 manufacturing and supply chain leaders to evaluate the influence a range of trends and next generation (NextGen) technologies have had. Executives from a variety of industries weighed in on their supply chain business impact, as well as cybersecurity concerns and workforce challenges.
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MHI Blog—MHI partnered with Competitive Edge for MODEX 2018 to create a value-added New Exhibitor Onboarding service to help our first-time exhibitors maximize ROI. Competitive Edge evaluators also looked for exhibits throughout the show that displayed imaginative, creative, and effective ideas and practices. Here are some highlights from the full report.
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Modern Materials Handling—New research released by Accenture explores how CEOs, COOs and CFOs must be involved in efforts to transform the supply chain from support function to competitive differentiator so digital growth opportunities are not missed.
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Cryptovest—Ten companies, including Walmart and Nestlé, have formed Food Trust, a consortium that will leverage blockchain technology to the food supply chain.
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The New York Times—With unemployment low and wages creeping up, companies have an incentive to become more efficient — an exercise that tends to drive economic progress.
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SupplyChainBrain—Demand volatility has been a challenge for supply chains from the very beginning. With supply chain orchestration, you can create a feedback loop that will hone your supply chain into a model of operational excellence that meets your targets for cost and customer service.
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MHI Blog—Although pallet beam deflection limits have no direct bearing on rack safety, improperly placed pallet loads can cause a safety issue when removing them or the individual products or cases stacked atop the pallets.
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MHISolutionsmag.com—For the sixth year, MHI honored the MODEX exhibitors deemed by an expert panel of industry insiders to have created the most innovative products and solutions in our industry. Prior to MODEX in April, exhibitors were invited to submit entries in three different categories: Best New Innovation, Best Innovation of an Existing Product and Best IT Innovation.
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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.
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Transport Topics—Commercial applications for automated technology could soon become a reality in certain controlled situations, but broader deployment in congested and high-traffic areas will take awhile, according to ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider.
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SupplyChainBrain—Protecting customer data should always be a top priority for businesses. But doing so is increasingly extending beyond moral responsibility and taking on the form of legal requirement.
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Inbound Logistics—For most companies, sustainability is not a simple case of "profits vs. planet" but a more subtle issue of people looking for jobs and inexpensive goods versus others who seek a pristine environment. Here’s how your supply chain can satisfy these conflicting motivations to achieve both economic growth and environmental sustainability.
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Paying It Forward: LEILY FARROKHVAR, West Virginia University
MHISolutionsmag.com—Leily Farrokhvar is giving the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. a solid return on the investment it made in her. Farrokhvar, a 32-year-old native of Tehran, Iran, received a scholarship from MHEFI as a doctoral student at Virginia Tech and for the past two years has been an assistant professor at West Virginia University, where she teaches industrial and management systems engineering. She said researching ways to improve the material handling and supply chain industry is her passion, and her enthusiasm is proving contagious.. Visit https://www.mhisolutionsmag.com/index.php/2018/06/14/mhefi-scholarship-winners-where-are-they-now/ to view the full article online. |  |