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Supply chain trends are driving innovation in AS/RS
Big data, cloud-based, mobile robotics, wearable technology, Internet of Things—all trends driving innovation in AS/RS. This according to a recent article in Refrigerated Frozen Foods. Manufacturing and distribution center tasks that have traditionally been manual can now be more efficiently […]
UPS Finds 3D Printing Cost Effective In Today’s Manufacturing
A recent article in USA Today reports that UPS has invested in 3D printing and finds the new technology important in today’s manufacturing. The package delivery service teamed with SAP, business software company and Fast Radius, an Atlanta-based company with 3D printing production facilities in Louisville, […]
Make It Personal: Why Industry Must Adapt to Retail Mass-Customization Selling Practices
Guest blog by Rob Honeycutt, Co-Founder & CEO, MHI Member Atlatl, Inc. Have you gifted personalized M&Ms? Ordered custom-built Nike trainers? Considered a design-your-own Smart car? If so, you, as a consumer, are benefiting from the modern maturation of mass customization […]
What Will the Future be like with Driverless Vehicles?
by Morgan Cruz, Marketing Content Coordinator, MHI | @mhi_morgan On March 31st, 2016 Tesla Motors introduced the company’s first “affordable” electric-car model. The new Tesla Model S provides self-driving capabilities allowing the car to turn on autopilot and essentially drives itself through 12 ultra […]
Artificial intelligence is transforming logistics
Data-driven and autonomous supply chains will provide an opportunity for “previously unimaginable levels of optimization” in manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and last mile delivery, according to DHL’s 2016 Logistics Trend Radar. The new report asserts that worldwide supply chains are beginning […]
New Study Touts Benefits of Collaboration Technology to Improve Supply Chain Efficiencies
Technology plays a major role in collaboration, a role that will only grow larger in the future, according to new research from the University of Tennessee’s Global Supply Chain Institute. The survey of over 200 organizations from a wide range […]