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Not by a long shot, but it has changed.
I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel at the Materials Handling Short Course at Georgia Tech last month. This course is the granddaddy of short courses, celebrating its 55th year.
Dale Atkins, the course director, surprised us with the first question; “Is materials handling, as a profession, dying out?”
Now there’s a provocative question. Several panelists said that it doesn’t seem to get the attention that it once did.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James M. Apple, Jr. is a Director in The Progress Group. Prior to co-founding The Progress Group in 1991, he was a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand's SysteCon division. During 1992-1995 he served as a Senior Systems Advisor with Vanderlande Industries, a major conveyor and systems provider in Europe.
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