Episodes

<span style="font-weight: 400">Ensuring your business is prepared for the critical PFAS reporting rule to stay compliant and ahead of environmental regulations.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Explore how AI revolutionizes warehouse operations, from smarter packing and picking to predicting maintenance needs, driving efficiency and innovation.</span>

Join WERC leaders Arch Thomason and Will Sparks as they delve into the unique value of WERC membership for warehousing and distribution center professionals including the new team membership offerings and the added value they offer including the new Distribution Logistics Education Program.

In this podcast, you will learn how to gather, measure and establish cleaner ESG and GHG emission data across the value chain with sustainability experts Mike Troupos, Vincent Hoen, and Dave Graff. Learn what steps companies need to take, what technologies to utilize, and what risks must be managed when standardizing your data for the coming reporting requirements.

<span style="font-weight: 400">Explore the strategic adoption of AI in the supply chain with insights from industry experts Jagan Reddy and William Wappler. Learn about the importance of addressing key business problems, ensuring data quality, and fostering user adoption to harness AI's full potential.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Discover how leading organizations are navigating the complexities of AI to drive innovation, enhance efficiency, and create a safer, more collaborative working environment.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Explore how Scope 3 emissions, encompassing indirect activities in a company's value chain, are pivotal in driving effective corporate sustainability strategies. Join Makenzie Palladino, Jana Petrikova, and Kai Beckhaus as they delve into the complexities and importance of managing these often-overlooked emissions.</span>

In this episode, we speak with several guests to delve deeper into the 2024 MHI Annual Industry Report, which offers a comprehensive overview of supply chain technology, trends, and future outlook.

<span style="font-weight: 400">The shift from manual labor to technology-driven roles emphasizes the critical need for digital literacy and analytical skills in modern warehousing operations. As technology advances, workers are transitioning from traditional tasks to roles that require interacting with digital tools, such as AI dashboards and drones, for inventory management. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">We sat down with Sean Mitchell, Vice President of Customer Success for Gather AI and Pete Blair, Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Pickle Robot Company to learn. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Find out more in this podcast! </span>

In this podcast Karl Manrodt, professor of logistics and transportation at Georgia College, discusses ESG findings within the Warehousing Education and Research Council’s DC Measures Report and addresses the many challenges the supply chain faces with ESG efforts. Sharing and leveraging data may be the key to success.

<span style="font-weight: 400">AI technologies are just one of the ways the supply chain is automating their process, specifically when it comes to the hand-off during warehouse-to-store delivery processes. By leveraging AI and other technological applications, supply chains can see efficiency when it comes to labor management and data collection. Join Clay Kobernick, Vice President of Category Management at Rehrig Pacific, and Jeff Hentges, President of Rehrig Pacific Delivery Solutions, as we explore how AI technology and groundbreaking material handling solutions are improving the hand-off.</span>

Join Luke Nuber and Jeremy Fultz in this MHI cast episode as they discuss the integration of automation in distribution centers. Learn about the benefits for companies of all sizes, strategies for adaptability and scalability. Explore how automation optimizes space utilization in warehouses and DCs with expanding SKU assortments, and the role it plays in driving efficiency and growth.

<span style="font-weight: 400">Simulation and digital twin technology are transforming Industry 4.0, optimizing distribution centers, overcoming space constraints, and enhancing energy efficiency. Join us for a deep dive into the future of industry processes.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Strategically collaborating with partners and businesses, this entity ensures the seamless provision of essential equipment. Employing a targeted approach, they play a vital role in meeting the dynamic demands of the industry.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Gamification is a process that is beginning to revolutionize warehouse operations and spaces. Through gamification, the supply chain can increase training opportunities by leveraging technologies such as VR, AI, and simulations, and data collection to enhance efficiency in the industry. Join Kristi Montgomery, Vice President of Innovation, Research and Development at Kenco Group, and Thomas Zoehrer, CEO of sSy.ai, as we explore the rise of gamification.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">The efficiency gains brought about by autonomous robots, the strategic implementation of AI and machine learning, and the cultural impact on company workflows are undeniable. Join us with </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Kristi Montgomery, Vice President of Innovation, Research & Development at the Kenco Group and Rebecca Lennartz, Director of Marketing at Hai Robotics </span><span style="font-weight: 400">to learn more about the future of robotics and company culture.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Explore the fascinating history and multifaceted benefits of air curtains, from conserving energy to ensuring thermal comfort and even controlling flying insects. Discover how these unassuming devices have evolved to meet diverse needs and provide cost-effective solutions.</span>

Access to solutions is pivotal in resolving pressing challenges, driving innovation, and ensuring adaptability to changing circumstances in your material handling, warehousing and supply chain operations. The MHI Solutions Community can provide that critical access.

There is a growing trend of companies bringing their operations back to their home countries. We discuss why this shift is happening, what challenges and opportunities it presents, and how it's impacting industries and economies. Join us as we dive into the world of reshoring with Patrick Van Den Bossche and Kathy Fulton.

<span style="font-weight: 400">Sustainability professionals from different organizations discuss their sustainability initiatives within supply chains, from emissions tracking to social sustainability, renewable energy, innovative strategies for sustainability metrics, and emerging trends. They provide insights and advice for organizations looking to enhance sustainability efforts in their supply chain operations.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">We delve into the dynamic world of supply chain safety and automation with Rite-Hite, a leading innovator in industrial safety equipment, which is revolutionizing loading docks and warehouses to enhance worker safety and streamline operations.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">Join in on the conversation of the International Material Handling Research Colloquium (IMHRC), a dynamic event where experts converge to drive innovation in materials handling and supply chain with David Porter.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400">In this MHI cast segment, Larry Strayhorn and Eduardo Mata share valuable insights on the intricate challenge of talent retention within the supply chain industry.</span>

In today's MHI Business Intelligence Podcast episode, we delve into corporate culture's transformative power with Karen Norheim and Gaurav Batra, who share their invaluable insights on how culture shapes organizations and drives success. Learn more through Gaurav's book: The Titanium Economy: How Industrial Technology Can Create a Better, Faster, Stronger America. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Titanium-Economy-Industrial-Technology-Stronger/dp/1541701879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE</a> to purchase.