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Student Days—Attracting Fresh Talent to Our Industry During MODEX 2016
By Daniel Stanton, MHI vice president of education and workforce development and Teresa Lopez, MHI education coordinator Our industry is in the early stages of a talent crisis. With baby boomers retiring, and unemployment low, the impacts of this crisis […]
Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Workforce
By Gary Forger, MHI Managing Director of Education and Professional Development Supply chain is the ‘it’ degree of the moment.” That’s according to Dana Stiffler, Gartner’s vice president of supply chain research. She spends her time looking at how supply […]
Supply Chain Focus Turns to Omni Channel for Apparel
When it comes to material handling and supply chain in apparel, the systems may be as outdated as bell bottoms and paisley prints. A confluence of trends affecting retail more broadly may require a bit of a makeover. Much of […]
The Changing Face of the Supply Chain: Under 35 and on the Rise
By Carol Miller, MHI VP of Marketing and Communications Six months ago, the U.S. Census Bureau noted that a quarter of our nation’s population is now made up of 83.1 million millennials (born between 1982 and 2000). So, it should […]
3 CHALLENGES OF MODERN WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS
Guest blog by Meghan Hennessey, MODEX 2016 exhibitor Clearpath Robotics Human nature forces us to beg the question “how can we be better?” Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, this question has motivated warehouse operators to maintain focus on […]
3 SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2016
Guest blog by Meghan Hennessey, MODEX 2016 exhibitor Clearpath Robotics The New Year is upon us and with that comes predictions of what 2016 has in store. Will Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) continue to drive materials on the factory floor? […]