Introducing Introducing The Material Handling The Material Handling

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Every product you’ve ever used, Every product you’ve ever used, from televisions to tennis shoes, from televisions to tennis shoes, has been manufactured, stored has been manufactured, stored

and shipped to you with the help and shipped to you with the help of the of the

material handling industry.material handling industry.

Who we are…Who we are…

In the United States alone, In the United States alone, material handling is a $156 billion material handling is a $156 billion industry employing more than industry employing more than 700,000 people.700,000 people.

Despite its size, material handling Despite its size, material handling remains largely unknown as an remains largely unknown as an industry because its work is done industry because its work is done behind the scenes of the greater behind the scenes of the greater supply chain.supply chain.

What we do…What we do…

Material handling is the ONLY Material handling is the ONLY industry that touches every product industry that touches every product as it moves through the global as it moves through the global supply chain to the consumer.supply chain to the consumer.

The world’s most successful The world’s most successful companies use material handling companies use material handling solutions to gain a competitive solutions to gain a competitive edge by improving their customer edge by improving their customer service efficiency, improving service efficiency, improving productivity and maximizing productivity and maximizing growth and profits.growth and profits.

Industries Served…Industries Served…

Food & Grocery ProductsFood & Grocery Products ElectronicsElectronics AutomotiveAutomotive RetailRetail Construction & Building MaterialsConstruction & Building Materials Pharmaceuticals & Health CarePharmaceuticals & Health Care

How material handling How material handling works…works… Material handling uses a broad array of Material handling uses a broad array of

equipment, systems, services and equipment, systems, services and expertise to move products through expertise to move products through the supply chain such as:the supply chain such as: automation, information technology, automation, information technology, automatic identification, lifting equipment, automatic identification, lifting equipment, storage equipment, conveying equipment, storage equipment, conveying equipment, facilities design and planning, ergonomic facilities design and planning, ergonomic and safety equipment, sustainable and and safety equipment, sustainable and green solutions.green solutions.

From Assembly From Assembly Lines….Lines….

Forklift trucks, automated guided Forklift trucks, automated guided vehicles, and conveyors are all vehicles, and conveyors are all moving product from one place to moving product from one place to another in today’s industrial another in today’s industrial plants.plants.

To Warehouses…To Warehouses…

Storage and retrieval systems, Storage and retrieval systems, shelving, racks, mezzanines, shelving, racks, mezzanines, carousels, bar coding, radio carousels, bar coding, radio frequency identification devices frequency identification devices and data collection are just some and data collection are just some of the solutions in today’s of the solutions in today’s dynamic material handling dynamic material handling industry. industry.

From Front Offices…From Front Offices…

Automated computerized control Automated computerized control systems are stocking, identifying, systems are stocking, identifying, storing, retrieving, moving and storing, retrieving, moving and accounting for all of today’s accounting for all of today’s products…in the plants, on the products…in the plants, on the road, in the store…making sure road, in the store…making sure the right product is available the right product is available when needed.when needed.

To Back Docks…To Back Docks…

The latest in wrapping equipment, The latest in wrapping equipment, packaging and unitizing systems packaging and unitizing systems are all helping today’s companies are all helping today’s companies protect and ship their valuable protect and ship their valuable products and materials, and it’s products and materials, and it’s all part of material handling.all part of material handling.

How you can How you can participate…participate… Thousands of career opportunities with Thousands of career opportunities with

competitive compensation and competitive compensation and rewarding incentives are available in rewarding incentives are available in this exciting industry.this exciting industry.

Overheard from a material handling Overheard from a material handling salesperson: “salesperson: “I love going to customer I love going to customer sites, dealing with people and seeing sites, dealing with people and seeing all the different applications for all the different applications for material handling equipment. It’s a material handling equipment. It’s a rare day when I see the same thing rare day when I see the same thing twice, and I really like that part of the twice, and I really like that part of the job.”job.”

Consider a career in the Consider a career in the material handling material handling industry…industry… Sales and MarketingSales and Marketing Project ManagementProject Management Operations ManagementOperations Management Systems IntegrationSystems Integration Customer ServiceCustomer Service Information TechnologyInformation Technology Facility Planning & DesignFacility Planning & Design Human ResourcesHuman Resources FinanceFinance

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