With ProMat in our rearview mirror, March’s #MaterialHandlingMinute comes as we look to tackle the remainder of 2025 in supply chain management. At ProMat earlier this month, CEO of MHI John Paxton and Deloitte Fellow Wanda Johnson discussed the 2025 MHI Annual Industry Report on the trends and digital technologies transforming the supply chain industry.

You can listen to a podcast of these experts discussing the topic here: https://videos.mhi.org/insights-into-the-2025-annual-industry-report-promat-2025-podcast/

John focused on the Digital Supply Chain Ecosystem, a theme for 2025 that delves into how the development, innovation, and implementation of advanced technologies has transformed material handling in recent years. He notes that with technology and modernization now at the warehouse level, true end-to-end orchestration of the supply chain is possible.

Wanda built on this theme by discussing how AI can be utilized and implemented to be truly transformational in material handling and supply chain management. With just repetitive task analysis leveraging AI, demand planning, tasking, and inventory management can all be tracked and managed – a powerful tool for streamlining organizations within the industry.

MPC is excited to be a part of one of the most dynamic industries in the world, and we look forward to many more client wins in 2025.