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Inaugural Made In America convention to draw more than 30,000 attendees
New trade show to feature variety of brands and products from textile to transportation to aerospace.

MHPN - Materials Handling 24/7 - Readers’ Choice Products of the Year 2018 winners announced
Nearly 3,000 readers voted in 12 categories for the best innovations in materials handling equipment to help you decide the best products for you warehouse and distribution center operations.

This Month in Modern: Gap Inc. embraces disruption
Disruption comes in many forms—a new app that hobbles the taxi business, historic weather events that put life on hold, millions of personal files hacked—and seems to be surfacing more often than ever.

The Electric Light Did Not Come from Continuous Improvement of Candles
The Kaizen Paradox: How incremental improvements can impede innovation. White Paper by Swisslog on innovation

Materials Handling Innovation Matters More Than Ever
This is no longer your father’s materials handling industry. Leading suppliers are developing a culture of innovation, leading to new solutions for new challenges.

Kenco releases supply chain innovation blueprint
Roundtable of industry leaders produces practical – and sometimes counterintuitive – steps to successful supply chain innovation.

Department of Energy announces $35 million for research to address manufacturing challenges
Projects to increase competitiveness and energy efficiency of U.S. manufacturing could receive between $250,000 and $2.5 million.

Materials Handling Innovation (and why it matters)
Every company considers itself an innovator. It’s time to include materials handling leaders in that category.

Materials handling clockspeed
Innovation, new business models and new alliances were on display at Promat. It’s a whole new world.

2017 MHI Innovation Award call for submissions deadline is January 12
Winners to be announced during ProMat 2017.

Modex honors original products, solutions with 4th-annual Innovation Awards
On Wednesday, during Industry Night, the winners of the fourth-annual MHI Innovation Awards will be announced.

Balanced innovation among U.S. manufacturers is key to growth
Grant Thornton survey suggests holistic approach to innovation of products, business models and processes may blaze trail for success for U.S. manufacturers.

Nominations invited for the Starpack Packaging Design & Technology Awards
Awards to recognize young packaging professionals and development teams.

Final thoughts from ISM 2015: Innovation, transformation and cost reduction
Procurement is being asked to innovate and transform its processes. But the profession is still measured on cost reduction. Can we have it all?

DuPont Packaging announces 2015 judges for packaging innovation award
Competition to remain open until Feb. 2; winners to be recognized in May.


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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