Supply Chain Thought Leaders: Is Distribution As We Know It Dead?

The Supply Chain Execution and Technologies (SCE) Group of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) recently released a Supply Chain Thought Leaders Series in which their leadership discuss the big issues confronting industry today as well as identify emerging solutions. The first in this series tackles the changing workforce and it's impact on distribution.

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Even before the current economic downturn, supply chain managers were confronting the challenge of increasing service levels and reducing operating expenses in light of global competition and rising fuel and labor costs. Every business is being forced to rethink the ways in which they manufacture, warehouse, distribute, and ship their products to market. In that environment, is distribution as we know if dead? And if so, how might the distribution model of the future look different? Click here to get answers from Supply Chain Thought Leaders.

SCE is an Industry Group of MHIA. SCE members are the Industry's leading suppliers of Supply Chain Execution software, hardware and services. They supply solutions worldwide and in virtually every major manufacturing and distribution sector.

MHIA is an international trade association that has represented this industry since 1945. MHIA members include material handling equipment and systems manufacturers, integrators, consultants, publishers, and third party logistics providers. Member companies come from all areas of material handling and various parts of the world, making MHIA a strong national and international representative for the material handling industry. Much of the work of the industry is done within its product-specific sections, councils and affiliates. The association also sponsors trade events, such as ProMat and NA 2010 to showcase the products and services of its member companies and to educate industry professionals on the productivity solutions provided through material handling and logistics.

Contact: Carol Miller at 704-676-1190/800-345-1815 or visit www.MHIA.org.

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