Recalculating: Including Productivity Gains in Total Cost of Ownership
As businesses transition from traditional power sources like fossil fuels and lead-acid batteries to new energy technologies like hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries, it’s easy to get caught up in the dollar signs. It’s a big check. But when ...
Reduce Your Energy Consumption
Simple actions can drastically improve the efficiency of your equipment. When it comes to the equipment in your facility, there are plenty of ways to cut energy consumption, and good reasons for doing so. Many companies overlook these opportunities, however, ...
Podcast: Collaboration in Material Handling: Insights from Industry Experts
Welcome to the MHI Industry Leadership podcast! In this episode (Episode 13), we have an incredible lineup of guests from the MHI Solutions Community who will share their valuable insights on collaboration between solutions providers, suppliers, and practitioners. Joining us ...
The Importance of Digitization in Material Handling
It has long been the goal of warehousing managers to be able to “see” every transaction within the four walls of the facility. To do so has always meant the ability to collect as much data as possible from the ...
Supply Chain Adoption Trends In Collaborative Robotics
Designed to work safely and collaboratively alongside their human counterparts, interest in collaborative robots (cobots) has been on the rise. While part of that uptick can be attributed to the coronavirus pandemic, which will likely accelerate the adoption of cobots ...
Cybersecurity And Its Importance To Supply Chains
Cyberattacks — both passive and active — have been increasing in both frequency and financial impact, according to a white paper written by Bowling Green State University researchers MD Sarder and Matthew Haschak. The pair, who work in the Department ...
Material Handling And Supply Chain Automation Discussed At U.S. Robotics ...
MHI participated in a workshop of industry professionals and academia to provide content for the publication of an updated version of the U.S. National Robotics Roadmap, slated to be released in the summer of 2020. The Roadmap was first published ...