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Turning Sales into Profit
Takeaways from MHEDA’s DiSC Report By Al Bates Every analysis of distributor profitability comes to the same conclusions: Three key factors drive profitability. Those factors are (1) the ability to...
View ArticleMHEDA’s 2016 Critical Impact Factors
The following 2016 Critical Impact Factors were defined by MHEDA’s Executive Committee. They are defined as “critical” in that they are significant challenges or opportunities that have recently...
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Material Handling M&A
Three realities in Today’s Industry By Ben Rudman Despite the maturity of the material handling industry, OEMs have continued to find ways to grow and improve margins and—increasingly—that’s been...
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Slow Growth Forecasted for 2016
MHEDA dealers across North America anticipate growth, though not as robust as years past By Steve Guglielmo Every year, the 1st Quarter issue of The MHEDA Journal is devoted to forecasting the industry...
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MHEDA Suppliers Display Restrained Optimism
By Chris Powers On these pages last year, MHEDA Suppliers predicted heady times and spoke of possible revenue records to be set in 2015. Many suppliers brought those expectations into fruition, as 2015...
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MHI Predicts Modest Slowdown in Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing in...
By George Prest, CEO, MHI After experiencing near historic highs in 2015 for Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (MHEM), MHI predicts a modest slowdown in U.S. material handling equipment...
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US Forklift Industry Remains Strong
By Brian Feehan, President, ITA With no shortage of headline-grabbing news from Washington, DC; “Will the Federal Reserve Raise Rates? Will Congress Pass a Debt Ceiling Increase and Negotiate a Budget?...
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MAPI Economic Forecast
Growth but No “Break Out” Boom By The MAPI Foundation, Reprinted with permission from MAPI A number of factors have challenged economic growth in 2015, among them a second straight severe winter, the...
View ArticleOptimism for the Conveyor Industry
By Robert Reinfried, Exec. Vice President, CEMA The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that overall industry orders (bookings) for the first 6 months of 2015 increased 5.78%...
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A Positive 2016 in Store for Material Handling
MHEDA Convention Speaker Brian Beaulieu predicts growth in 2016 By Steve Guglielmo and Brian Beaulieu ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu will be presenting at the MHEDA Convention on Monday, May 2nd,...
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New DiSC Dashboard – Benchmarking Your Way
By John Mackay If your company wants to increase profitability and continue to grow in today’s competitive environment, you have to realize that sometimes even your best instincts may not be enough...
View ArticleLaunching The Certified Forklift Technician Program
MHEDA and the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) partnered to launch the Certified Forklift Technician (CFT) designation in 2017 as an effort to combat the “skills gap” shortage in the...
View ArticleAsk Your Board: Material Handling Business Trends
“Which of the Critical Impact Factors / Material Handling Business Trends from the last 10 years has most affected your business and how have you managed it?” Asked by the MHEDA Staff Doug Carson, VP...
View Article2019 Material Handling Business Trends
The following 2019 Critical Impact Factors were defined by MHEDA’s Executive Committee. They are defined as “critical” in that they are significant challenges or opportunities that have recently...
View ArticleDefining MHEDA’s 2019 Material Handling Business Trends
MHEDA’s Chairman of the Board and CEO discuss the changes to this year’s Material Handling Business Trends and how they will shape the industry for the foreseeable future By Doug Carson, Liz Richards...
View Article10 Years of Material Handling Business Trends
Looking back at MHEDA’s Business Trends from 2008-2018 By Steve Guglielmo The MHEDA Board of Directors publishes its upcoming list of material handling business trends in the 4th Quarter Issue of The...
View ArticleUsing Virtual Reality to Enhance Forklift Operator Training
Wisconsin Lift Truck and Illinois Material Handling partner with Really-Virtual Consulting to increase safety in forklift training By Steve Guglielmo As material handling companies find it increasingly...
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MHI Predicts Slower Growth for Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing in 2019
By George Prest, CEO, MHI The U.S. economy and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (MHEM) enjoyed solid growth in 2018. But the outlook for 2019 and 2020 is not as strong. After one of the...
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Conveyor Industry Shipments Rise
By Robert Reinfried, Executive Vice President, CEMA The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that overall industry orders (bookings) for the first 6 months of 2018 increased...
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Markets Continue Their Robust Pace. Where Do We Go From Here?
By Brian Feehan, President, ITA The expression “elections have consequences” will certainly be put to the test in 2019. The dust is still settling on the recent mid-term elections with some races...
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