MHI will preview the 2022 Annual Industry Report: Evolution to Revolution—Building the supply chains of tomorrow during the March 30 keynote at MODEX.

MHI Industry Groups are planning 12 sessions during MODEX on a variety of topics. Members of MHI Industry Groups are the leading providers of solutions in each of their vertical categories.

This new tool aims to serve as a one-stop-shop for anyone looking for the guarding solutions to keep people and products safe. The Protective Guarding Search Tool addresses the myriad of protective guarding solutions that are available in the market and supports end users looking for the right products for their varying facilities.

It has now been 60 years since the opening of the first “automated” high bay warehouse (HBW). Since then, thousands of HBWs and other automated warehouses have been built and some of them have been going for decades. After years of operation, though, very few systems still exist in the same format as they were installed. Steel components may be sturdy, but IT and control elements, as well as mechatronics, must be regularly updated. And when product ranges, volumes or customer demands change, modernization and expansion become necessary.

To keep disruption, downtime and TCO to a minimum, warehouse operators need to have a clear process in place to handle downtime and to ensure that any issues will be taken care of in an effective and timely manner. A service agreement helps but finding the right one is no easy task.

The 2021 holiday season may have come and gone, but the headache of supply chain issues remain. The impact that this past holiday season left on the industry was significant, ultimately resulting in widespread product shortages and delayed deliveries.