Mission
The mission of the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is to increase awareness, understanding, exploration, and development of material handling and logistics through fostering and nurturing high value projects and events.
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Background
CICMHE is an independent organization that prepares and
provides information, teaching materials and various events in support of material
handling education and research. Founded in 1952, the main body of the Council is
composed of fifteen college and university educators. Additional members are drawn
from material handling equipment manufacturers, distributors, users and consultants,
representatives of the business press, and professional staff members of organizations
concerned with material handling education.
Through its various programs and diverse representation of membership, CICMHE
facilitates the interchange of information among concerned individuals in industry,
academia and in the user community to aid in improving and implementing material
handling education.
Goals
- Transform CICMHE so its primary focus is on high-impact events and projects aiming for high-value teaching and learning and high-value research and innovation
- Transform and modernize existing educational offerings and create new educational offerings to enable high-impact teaching and learning in material handling and related domains
- Identify, foster, facilitate, nurture, incubate research in MH and related domains to advance (elevate) the state of art and practice
- Leverage connections between CICMHE members and councils, product sections, and member organizations in order to provide value for both MHIA membership and CICMHE community
Organizational Structure
CICMHE is organized into two working committees. A brief overview of each committee is provided below:
Events Committee
Plan and execute structured events to facilitate learning and research, promote knowledge transfer, provide exposure to and awareness of the field, address current industry needs and trends, and strengthen the bridge between industry and academia.
Projects Committee
Initiate and conduct projects to transform and modernize existing educational offerings, create and maintain new educational offerings, assess usage and effectiveness of offerings, identify, incubate, and foster research in material handling and related domains; and leverage connections between CICMHE and councils, product sections, and affiliated trade associations.
Communication and Technology Transfer
CICMHE continually monitors activities with the different
MHIA product sections and councils to facilitate technology transfer between the groups.
This monitoring is primarily conducted by having CICMHE members attend the meetings of the
product sections and councils. The activities of the product sections and councils often
provide information to the CICMHE members on the latest advances in material handling
equipment and technology as well as keep them abreast of the challenges and issues that a
particular industry segment is facing. Additionally, issues or topics will arise where
CICMHE can assist the product section on special projects. These projects might involve
developing white papers on a particular topic, creating overviews and summaries that
can be used to promote the activities of the product section, or developing tools to
assist in designing or analyzing material handling technologies (e.g. economic
justification software, an ergonomic toolbox, or a carousel throughput estimation package).