About us
The lineage of Material Handling & Logistics goes back to 1946, when Flow magazine first started covering supply chain issues. As the magazine evolved into Material Handling Engineering during the ‘50s through the ‘90s, then Material Handling Management during the first decade of this millennium, and now Material Handling & Logistics, we’ve been the leading source of information for corporate managers who oversee the handling, storage and movement of raw materials, in-process goods and finished product throughout the supply chain.
Thanks to our monthly magazine, our weekly e-newsletters and our 24/7 Web site, upper-level manufacturing and distribution professionals can rely on MHL to deliver insights, news, analysis and real-world case studies in any number of formats designed to help them improve the competitiveness of their material handling and logistics operations.
MHL delivers thought-provoking, high-quality, fact-based editorial that supports the contemporary view of material handling and logistics as functions that support the bottom line and ultimately enhance an organization’s profitability.
Readers rely on MHL to learn about cutting-edge trends, new product innovations and best practices that help them work smarter, faster, safer and more efficiently. They count on MHL to provide critical reporting and analysis that won’t be found anywhere else.
MHL’s editorial content is developed by seasoned, award-winning editors who have decades of experience covering logistics from a broad range of industrial contexts.
Tom Andel, editor-in-chief, is a 20-year Penton alumnus, where he worked on several supply chain group titles, including Transportation & Distribution (predecessor to Logistics Today), Material Handling Engineering and MHM. During his last stint with MHM he was a two-time finalist in the Neal Awards, the highest editorial honor in B2B trade publishing. Andel’s publishing career also includes ten years outside of Penton, some of which were served as the editorial director for Questex’s Paperboard Packaging and most recently as the chief editor of Reed’s Modern Materials Handling.
David Blanchard, editorial director and associate publisher, has a wealth of knowledge in the supply chain and logistics industries as well as more than 25 years of trade publishing experience. He literally wrote the book on supply chain, with his popular Supply Chain Management Best Practices book for John Wiley & Sons, which has been translated into several languages, has been used as a textbook at leading academic institutions, and has recently been updated for a second edition. During his career he has led the editorial management of all of Penton’s supply chain titles, including most recently the company’s flagship title, IndustryWeek.
Andel and Blanchard have also recruited professionals from academia, business associations, project management, military logistics and the readership itself to be members of the magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board. They will help the editors plan in-print and online content as well as in-person events that will give this audience access to the widest spectrum of information resources available on how to Make, Store, Move and Compete.
