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…Group (TRG) Industry Group of MHI has produced a new educational resource highlighting the latest innovations in the automation industry. The video highlights the latest applications in the automation industry, while also focusing on the important decision-making factors one should be aware of when considering automation. “The Robotics Group is a diverse group with extensive expertise that can assist in…
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…a finalist for the 2023 MHI Innovation Award for Best New Innovation. Winners will be announced during the expo. In addition, OPEX will also feature Sure Sort, which it described as “a compact, configurable, and cost-effective small-item sorting solution.” The company will also offer ProMat attendees a virtual reality (VR) experience of its Perfect Pick goods-to-person system designed for e-commerce…
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…is a finalist for the MHI Innovation Award. It includes picking robots to carry shelves from storage to workstations and robot arms present goods to the operator to improving order throughput. PopPick can pick up to 650 totes per hour, improve warehouse storage density by 50%, and double throughput capacity, Geek+ claimed. Four-Way Shuttle is a high-density storage system that…
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…156 submissions for the 2023 MHI Innovation Awards from ProMat 2023 exhibitors, MHI has announced the four finalists chosen as the most innovative products in each category—Best New Innovation; Best Innovation of an Existing Product; and Best IT Innovation based on concept, value, and impact. Five independent judges comprised of professionals from the material handling and supply chain industry completed…
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Daniel McKinnon, MHI Title: Executive vice president, exhibitions Location: Charlotte, N.C. Experience: More than 30 years producing trade shows, including 4 years with MHI Duties: McKinnon is responsible for producing ProMat and Modex Modern: This is going to be the first post-pandemic ProMat. After a very successful Modex, how are you feeling about ProMat? McKinnon: We’re very excited about the…
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…Wynright's applications to join the MHI industry group. MHI, formerly the Material Handling Industry of America, is an international trade association that has represented the material handling, logistics, and supply chain industry since 1945. Its members include equipment and systems manufacturers, integrators, consultants, publishers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). MHI offers education, networking, and sourcing for its members, their customers,…
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…Group (TRG) Industry Group of MHI announced the recent approval of Schneider Electric, Third Wave Automation, and Daifuku Wynright’s application to join TRG at the 2022 Spring Meetings held May 3, 2022 in Charlotte, NC. MHI member companies have the opportunity to join any of MHI’s Industry Groups or the Solutions Community. Industry Groups share information and conduct research to…
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…offset labor constraints. According to MHI’s Annual Industry Report for 2022, 64% of supply chain professionals are increasing their tech investments. The need for accelerated use of supply chain and warehouse automation technology is clear, but the best path forward calls for expert insights on solution needs and advancements spanning software, automation, mobile devices, robotics, as well as developments in…
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…at the Materials Handling Institute (MHI) and the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC). It was distributed across our respective audiences (see sidebar below). For the purposes of this survey, we divided respondents into three categories: Those with no plans to use robots in the foreseeable future End users who are investigating the technology and plan to use it in…
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…with The Robotics Group at MHI and WERC. It was distributed across our respective audiences (see box page 24). For the purposes of this survey, we divided respondents into three categories: Those with no plans to use robots in the foreseeable future; those end users who are investigating the technology and plan to use it in the next two years;…
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…from The Robotics Group at MHI and WERC, developed our first annual “Intralogistics Robotics Survey” that was fielded in the first quarter of 2022. We wanted to simply ask readers where robotics were in their plans. Are they currently still trying to understand how it fits in their operation? Are they in planning mode or even in pilot mode? Or…
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…the staff and leadership at MHI for pulling off a tremendous event at a time when there’s still a lot of uncertainty in the air. Nice job. So, what was my biggest takeaway? There’s nothing new under the sun: Well, that’s not exactly true—and it’s not meant as a criticism. On the new front, I saw a conveyance system powered…
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…that highlighted findings from the MHI Industry Report, an annual survey MHI does each year in collaboration with Deloitte, it’s interesting to note that worries about supply chain snarls and inventory shot right to the top as the leading industry challenge this year by a slim margin. The report (read about it here), found that supply chain disruptions and supply…
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…the staff and leadership at MHI for pulling off a tremendous event at a time when there’s still a lot of uncertainty in the air. Exhibitors display incremental innovation So, what was my biggest takeaway from Atlanta? There’s nothing new under the sun. Well, that’s not exactly true – and it’s not meant as a criticism. On the new front,…
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…the staff and leadership at MHI for pulling off a tremendous event at a time when there’s still a lot of uncertainty in the air. Nice job. So, what was my biggest takeaway? There’s nothing new under the sun: Well, that’s not exactly true – and it’s not meant as a criticism. On the new front, I saw a conveyance…
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