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Amazon receives exemption from FAA for new drone tests
The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted an exemption for Amazon to test delivery drones outdoors. Amazon must keep flights at an altitude of no more than 400 feet and no faster than 100 miles per hour. Amazon is testing the […]
ProMat 2015 Registration Tops 37,000
Manufacturing and supply chain professionals gathered in record numbers in Chicago last month for ProMat 2015, the largest material handling and logistics trade expo in North America. With registrations topping 37,091 attendees, show producer MHI announces a 8.8 percent attendance […]
University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute releases new white paper on supply chain talent
Demand for top talent increases as supply chain volumes and complexity rise, but the supply of that talent is decreasing according to a new white paper titled Supply Chain Talent – Our Most Important Resource by the University of Tennessee […]
Distribution Choices Driven by Consumer Demands for Same-day, Next-day Delivery
For operations serving customers through e-commerce and omni-channel distribution, picking the right locations for warehousing comes down to a whole host of factors. Not least among them, of course, is cost. As the U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics […]
Two New MHI Solution Groups Provide Resources and Networking
This year, MHI is kicking off two Solution Groups—Automation Alliance (AA) and Information Systems (IS)—as part of the association’s effort to tout more holistic solutions to end-users by positioning MHI and its member companies as authoritative resources on material handling […]
What the Roadmap Has Taught Me This Year
By Gary Forger, MHI Managing Director of Professional Development No doubt about it. The past year has been a huge one for the U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics. Not only was it published and made available at www.mhlroadmap.org, […]