2013 Exhibitors’ Showcase
More than 80 MHEDA members will display their products at MHEDA Convention
Continue Reading »Innovations and Best Practices
“As you build your business and focus on improving your dealership’s processes and policies, what innovations/best practices have you implemented in the various departments that you are most proud of? How do you make sure these practices are duplicated by every present as well as future employee?” - John Truss, Operations Manager, Lift Power Inc. …
Continue Reading »It’s Time to “Get Your Game On!”
By Jerry Weidmann, 2013 MHEDA President Next month at the beautiful JW Marriott Desert Springs in Palm Desert, Calif., MHEDA will host its 58th annual convention and exhibitor’s showcase. I cannot encourage you enough to attend MHEDA’s convention. The theme this year is “Get Your Game On.” Michael Jordan said, “Some people want it to …
Continue Reading »Industry Workforce Challenges – A Grass Roots Opportunity
By Liz Richards, Executive Vice President, MHEDA I am writing my column on the second week after ProMat. Whew! If you participated in the show as MHEDA did, you are engaged in a flurry of follow up activity. Hat’s off to our friends at MHI who produced an incredible event full of engaging sessions, fantastic …
Continue Reading »Recruitment and Retention
Recruitment and Retention “What are the most significant changes a company can implement to recruit and retain talent in the material handling industry within a reasonable budget? How much would you allocate to the recruitment process if you chose to outsource?”- Allan Haynsworth, President Atlantic Lift Systems, Norfolk, VA. Jerry Weidmann President Wisconsin Lift Truck …
Continue Reading »Meet MHEDA’s 2013 Board of Directors
What is your board’s campaign promise to you?
Continue Reading »What’s in a Name or….What’s in an Acronym?
By Liz Richards, Executive Vice President, MHEDA I remember once telling someone I worked for MHEDA (maa-hee-da), and he said to me, “I know that company. They are a Japanese manufacturer of copy machines right?” Well no, not quite. But frankly, with so many acronyms floating around today, Webster’s might consider a dictionary dedicated just …
Continue Reading »A Reason to be Optimistic
By Jerry Weidmann, 2013 MHEDA President In 2012 the economy grew, albeit at a slow rate. Our industry experienced reasonable growth and MHEDA welcomed 71 new members to the association. We enter 2013 with a slow growing economy looking over the precipice of the fiscal cliff while facing the headwinds of political partisanship and mounting …
Continue Reading »The Value of MHEDA-NET
By Mark Juelich I remember getting a call from Gary Moore in the early fall of 2005. I didn’t really know Gary back then other than the fact that he was an industry leader who was well respected by his peers. Gary called to invite me to join his MHEDA-NET group, “The Integrators.” I wasn’t …
Continue Reading »2013 MHEDA Critical Impact Factors
Material Handling Professionals must be prepared to address the factors impacting their organizations today and in the coming year.
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