Ask Your Board – Material Handling Business Trends

“How does your company use the annual MHEDA Material Handling Business Trends when doing your strategic planning for the next year?” – Asked by Lindsay R. Boors, Controller at Pennwest Toyota Lift in Mount Pleasant, PA Michael Vaughan, CFO, Liftech Equipment Companies, Inc., E. Syracuse, NY Liftech first starts by sharing the MHBT with our […]


The Social Revolution

By Amanda Hite and Steve Guglielmo



Ask Your Board – Knowledge Transfer

“In anticipation of employee retirements, members should ensure their succession planning addresses knowledge transfer. How does your company transition when a long-time employee decides to retire?” Michael Vaughan, CFO, Liftech Equipment Companies, Inc.,  E. Syracuse, NY We treat this in different ways. There are several different types of knowledge that must be transitioned from a […]


A Year of Decelerating Growth

2019 will see slowing growth across the board ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu will be presenting at the MHEDA Convention on Monday, May 6, 2019, from 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. His presentation, “The 2020-2023 Business Cycle” will discuss the current business cycle status of the United […]


Markets Continue Their Robust Pace. Where Do We Go From Here?

BY BRIAN FEEHAN, PRESIDENT, ITA The expression “elections have consequences” will certainly be put to the test in 2019. The dust is still settling on the recent mid-term elections with some races remaining to be decided. However, we do know that 2019 will bring us a divided US Congress with (as of 11/14/2018) Republican control […]