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When MODEX 2016 opens on April 4, 2016 in Atlanta, GA, it will include over 850 exhibits from leading solution providers and a comprehensive Supply Chain Conference of over 100 sessions focusing on best-in-class solutions for manufacturing and supply chain operations. Manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler will be writing about the event for more than 40 industrial publications worldwide.

According to manufacturing journalist TR Cutler, continuous improvement in all aspects of the supply chain is necessary to remain competitive in today's global economy. The traditional adversarial relationship and transactional focus of buyers and suppliers cannot meet demand for continuous improvement in lead time, quality and overall supplier performance. As a result, significant changes are occurring in the philosophies and approaches that define the relationship between purchasers and sellers in world-class organizations.

In order to remain as nimble as smaller competitors and as relevant as large ones, middle market companies must leverage the supply chain to create value beyond simple cost management according the manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler. Cutler reports that SME are moving to a value-driven supply chain from a cost-based model with great alacrity.

According to founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium, 2015 fundamentals continue to show improvement in the industrial sector and retailers are honing their distribution center strategy to meet current e-commerce demands. Fundamentals for warehouse space have improved steadily over the past five years. The availability rate for industrial properties declined to 9.6 percent nationally in the third quarter, according to a report from commercial real estate services firm CBRE. Net demand for industrial space is on pace to exceed 200 million sq. ft. this year, and the vacancy rate dropped to 7.3 percent, almost a full percentage point down from the third quarter of 2014, according to report from Cushman & Wakefield. Demand for class-A logistics product will continue to fuel the rapid increase in construction through the rest of the year and into 2016, the Cushman report predicts.

Last month the White House joined labor leaders and government officials to celebrate the first annual "National Apprenticeship Week." According to industrial journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, this nationwide emphasis on apprenticeships arrives at an important time. College debt is off the charts, and the median income gap between minorities and whites has improved very little in the past quarter century.

Manufacturing journalist and founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium, Thomas R. Cutler, lead meetings with editors, publishers, and economists regarding the upsurge in manufacturing in Japan.

Supported by insightful case studies, Warehouse Management is a new text which considers many aspects of warehouse management including:

The recent report regarding the lack of full supply chain visibility is a topic in which leading industrial journalist Thomas R. Cutler, and the members of the Manufacturing Media Consortium see at the leading issue for 2016.

Manufacturing journalist and founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium, Thomas R. Cutler, lead meetings with editors, publishers, and economists regarding the upsurge in manufacturing in Northern New England.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, authored a feature article in the issue of Automation.com. The feature, titled, "Building a Smarter World," discussed the massive-scale deployment of sensors reshaping the environment and transforming many aspects of daily lives.