6th Annual MHI Innovation Awards Honor Cutting-Edge Solutions in Three Categories
Content was pulled from MHI Solutions Magazine Q3.2018
By Greg Baer, MHI Director of Sales
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.
MHI received 111 total submissions spread across the three categories—an increase from 95 entrants at MODEX 2016—and each one could have qualified as a finalist. MODEX exhibitors are clearly dedicated to continuous improvement of the industry that makes supply chains work. Indeed, every year the MHI Innovation Awards judging committee notes how amazed they are by the innovative solutions brought by exhibitors to the show floor that are destined to shape and disrupt today’s supply chains.
To narrow each category down to four finalists prior to the show, the submissions were judged by a committee of five volunteer judges representing The Home Depot, Mohawk Industries, Champion Petfoods, Group Deschenes, and 3M. On Monday at MODEX, finalists’ exhibits were visited in person by the judges who selected the winners based on their ability to deliver quantifiable and sustainable return on investment (ROI), cost savings and customer satisfaction.
Awards were presented to the winning products and technologies on Wednesday during MHI Industry Night with Jim Gaffigan, ensuring attendees had plenty of time to visit the 12 finalists and check out the entries during the first three days of the show.
