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The Top Technologies Creating a ‘Revolutionary Stage’ in Supply Chains

A look at the 11 technologies changing the way companies approach and execute warehouse and distribution operations. Editor’s note: This story outlines the latest data from the MHI Annual Industry Report on emerging technologies in the supply chain industry. If you’re looking for the... Continue Reading

Why Leaders Must Protect Mavericks

Tom Cruise’s 2022 reprise of his 1986 hit movie, Top Gun, has been a box office smash. Top Gun: Maverick has Cruise again playing Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a cocky, rule-breaking Navy test pilot. The elite naval aviation academy recruits Mitchell (Cruise) to train a group of... Continue Reading

Trojanized Password Crackers Targeting Industrial Systems

Tools purporting to help organizations recover lost passwords for PLCs are really droppers for malware targeting industrial control systems, vendor says. Threat actors are targeting systems in industrial control environments with backdoor malware hidden in fake password-cracking tools. The tools,... Continue Reading

MTI Educational Foundation Scholarship Award Winners Announced

The MTI Educational Foundation is excited to announce that it has finalized and awarded $51,500 in scholarships to 9 recipients. Educational Foundation Chair, Buster Crossley from Texas Heat Treating in Round Rock, TX stated, “With the long-term labor shortage that everyone is facing, the... Continue Reading

MTI 2024 YES Program Sells Out

The MTI YES Management Training Program is one of the best executive training programs you will find in all of manufacturing. We know that because many graduates who have taken other high-level management training programs have shared that with MTI. Since the revitalization of the program in... Continue Reading

Four Pain Points — and Remedies — for Supply Chains Right Now

Numerous geopolitical factors, from conflict in Ukraine to the pandemic-related lockdown in China, have placed unprecedented pressure on the globalized trade system. The result is shortages in goods, labor and storage capacity. According to Gartner, as of 2021, 68% of supply chain executives were... Continue Reading

How to Think Strategically as a Leader

There is a lot to think about as a leader. There are goals to pursue. There are people to manage, and every day new problems arise that make pursuing those goals or supporting those people more difficult. Amid all these demands, it can be difficult to think any more deeply than just reacting to... Continue Reading

MTI Develops New Purchase Order Checklist

As business moves past the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges for many commercial heat treaters is the turnover of key staff at OEMs who perform the buying function. This turnover means that new personnel has to learn the purchase order and quality processes between the OEM and the... Continue Reading

MTI Fall Meeting & FNA 2022… Defeating Your Top Enemy: Labor Shortage

If you are like every other heat treater in the industry, qualified labor with a good work ethic has dried up. The toughest challenge holding back productivity and output for any plant is enough labor. What we have learned from numerous labor experts is this trend will continue throughout the... Continue Reading

Leading with Spine

One of the criticisms that we often hear, especially about elected officials, is that they “lack spine.” This criticism is not unique to politicians. Most of us have worked with people who fit that description — people who are not “leading with spine.” What... Continue Reading

MTI and Furnaces North America Announce NEW Industry Award

Metal Treating Institute, the largest nonprofit network of commercial heat treaters in the world and Furnaces North America, North America’s largest heat treat only trade show and technical conference, is excited to announce it has established a new honorary award for the heat treating... Continue Reading

Rising Costs Are Your Enemy…An MTI Solution

As MTI has been meeting with members around the country and having conversations on the key challenges in 2022, knowing how cost and productivity metrics are going comparatively has been a huge topic of conversation. Operational costs including energy, labor, and raw materials to name just a few... Continue Reading