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Standards: Back to School with Roadmap 2.0
This fall, the Class of 2030 started kindergarten, and this past June, the Class of 2017, who started kindergarten in 2004, graduated from high school. While the Class of 2017 mastered reading, writing and arithmetic, we endured the Great Recession, […]
The future to which blockchains belong is coming fast for supply chains
Michael J. Casey, senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, just wrote a thought-provoking article on how blockchains will turn supply chains into demand chains. He argues that the value of blockchain technology offers to supply chains […]
The Importance of Hoist Safety
The safe use and application of a hoist will go a long way to reducing workplace injuries. All too often, hoist-related accidents could have been prevented by providing comprehensive training to the operators and through proper hoist inspection and maintenance. […]
Supply Chain Costumes – DIY Edition
By Alex Batty, MHI Marketing Communications Coordinator |@mhi_alex Y’all, I love Halloween. So does my cube buddy. We’ve been chatting about our prep for this most glorious holiday. We got the candy covered. I wrote about that last year. But […]
Material Handling Equipment Donations Create Hands-On Experience for Career & Technical Education Students
It’s the problem on everyone’s mind. Getting a trained, or at least trainable supply chain workforce is a problem; retaining them is just as hard. We had multiple sessions on it recently at the 2017 MHI Annual Conference. In an article […]
Holiday Hiring Roundup
Major companies are starting to announce their holiday/seasonal hiring, so we thought we’d give you the rundown all in one place. UPS UPS expects to hire around 95,000 people to fulfill multiple roles in the weeks surrounding the holidays. CEO […]