There is a trend in the manual materials handling (MMH) industry to utilize towable industrial carts rather than fork trucks as a solution for moving materials within a facility. Let’s examine the advantages of towable carts for moving materials in […]
As technologies like autonomous vehicles and drones continues to advance, some developers are finding success in combining technologies and using them in shipping rather than for general consumption. Mercedes-Benz Van Drones Mercedes-Benz is testing a system that would deploy drones […]
In virtually every major manufacturing and distribution sector, automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) are employed. Equipment and controls that handle, store and retrieve materials under a defined degree of automation continue to grow in demand. To better understand what […]
MHI view just released a new video on Autonomous Vehicles in the Warehouse. Driverless vehicles are coming, but they’re already having a major impact inside distribution centers and warehouses as the front line of the supply chain changes forever. More […]
In a prior issue of MHI Solutions and in the 2016 MHI Annual Industry Report—Accelerating Change: How Innovation is Driving Digital, Always-on Supply Chains, you may have noticed that one of the emerging technologies or innovations driving supply chain success is analytics. With […]
By Carol Miller, MHI Vice President of Marketing and Communications Autonomous, or driverless, vehicles and drones have hit the main-stream of public consciousness. Hardly a week passes without with the national media breathlessly covering the technologies’ developments, including the good […]