With more than 900 exhibitors, a record number, there’s sure to be plenty of innovation and ideas on hand to help attendees “Solve for X” at the materials handling industry’s premier trade show and educational conference, sponsored by MHI. Check out some of the many products to be featured at the show. High-density sliding shoe sorter for faster handling of e-commerce packages Offering fast, precise diverts of different product and packaging types—including polybags—the IntelliSort HDS sliding shoe sorter is engineered for high-throughput e-commerce operations. Its dual-sided construction accommodates a high density of chutes in minimal floor space, making the sorter…
On April 3 at 10 a.m, ProMat 2017 is set to welcome more than 38,000 visitors to explore the solutions that will keep their supply chains moving forward in not just one, but two different McCormick Place halls—both North and South—spanning a total of 375,000 square feet. With more than 900 exhibitors, a record number, there’s sure to be plenty of innovation and ideas on hand to help attendees “Solve for X” at the materials handling industry’s premier trade show and educational conference, sponsored by MHI. Preview some of the featured exibitors' products at ProMat 2017. Additionally, ProMat will include…
On Wednesday night at Modex 2016, at MHI’s Industry Night event, MHI will honor a supply chain professional with the new Face of the Supply Chain Award. The winner will have demonstrated the hard work, creative thinking and commitment to innovation that it takes to succeed in the industry. Finalists were selected from entries submitted to the www.iWorkInTheSupplyChain.com Website. The Website was launched in January, as part of MHI’s new #iWorkInTheSupplyChain awareness campaign that promotes manufacturing and supply chain as an innovative and rewarding career choice. Through both a hashtag for use on social media sites such as Twitter, and…
我n our previous column we introduced the concept of “dynamic operations:” supply chain networks that respond quickly and smoothly to changing business conditions. We also identified dynamic operations’ four enabling capabilities and looked briefly at how they work together to help companies identify, accommodate, and even benefit from supply chain disruptions. The first of these capabilities is “insight to action.” Think of insight to action as the ability to sense, capture, and analyze external and internal data, and turn it into usable business intelligence. In effect, you’re using information to react swiftly to both threats and opportunities—buffering risk while leveraging…
Regardless of the style, lift truck suppliers are developing technologies that drive productivity improvements for users. With emissions control regulations and an increasing desire among users to be more environmental and cost-conscious about energy use, a number of trends have surfaced in the industry. “Suppliers are looking at technology to improve productivity,” says Jeff Bowles, product marketing manager for Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of CAT, Mitsubishi, and Jungheinrich lift truck brands. “Typical truck and warehouse designs, as well as regulations, can limit things like maximum truck speed, for example. So the trucks have to become smarter…