Are you tired of the chaos in your warehouse? Well, you’re in luck. A warehouse bin location system is the answer to all your problems. Organizing your inventory systematically can do wonders for your warehouse’s efficiency, accuracy, and overall productivity. Even better, setting up a warehouse bin system is easier than you think. In this ... Read moreRead Article

Published in the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce 7th Annual 2022 Business Benchmarks: Resiliency and Recovery It’s nearly impossible to have a conversation with a business leader without talking about workforce. Challenges have evolved but persisted over a decade, with employers in search of skilled workers to fill positions. While the long-term and systemic answers to ... Read moreRead Article

A white room is a dedicated space where airborne particles are removed and the environment is tightly controlled to provide the ideal environmental conditions for manufacturing sensitive components.  White rooms manage air quality in a room, including parameters such as temperature and humidity. The level of contamination in a white room is measured according to ... Read moreRead Article

Let’s face it – it’s hard to find skilled workers and manufacturers can’t keep up with growing customer demands. The U.S. Manufacturing Index stood at 62.1 in June 2021, just below the previous month’s all-time high, meaning the industry continues to grow. Human Resources teams across the U.S. are struggling to fill positions because the COVID-19 ... Read moreRead Article

MDI Hired Hands would like to thank the #Itasca County communities for their support of our recycling program over the past 25 years. The materials that were collected and sorted in our Deer River and Cohasset facilities provided jobs for many people with disabilities and gave them an opportunity to contribute to our community. However, since 2015, ... Read moreRead Article

  MDI is an FDA Registered Food Handling Facility As MDI continues to grow and expand its base of business offerings in order to create more employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, it is honored to announce that its Twin Cities facility is now an FDA Registered Food Handling Facility. According to Barb Majerus, vice president ... Read moreRead Article

  Manufacturing managers of the 1950s grappled with some of the same challenges and prejudices their modern-day counterparts face: the need for productive, reliable workers coupled with a reluctance to hire people with disabilities. According to research from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, 2 million manufacturing jobs are likely to go unfilled over the next decade. Tapping into ... Read moreRead Article

  Cold Weather Policy for Cub Foods Acceptable Recyclables for Cub Foods Drop-Off Cub Foods Drop-Off Closed December 24th   MDI Hired Hands Cold Weather Policy: If the air temperature/real feel (combination of actual temperature and wind chill) is at or below -15 at 8:00am Cub Foods will be cancelled for that particular Saturday. MDI will ... Read moreRead Article

  MDI welcomes Scott as a new Sales Account Manager. He brings over 25 years of industrial sales to the table along with a proven track record of sales and marketing. As a trained engineer with varied technical experience, we are excited to have Scott help bring MDI products and services to market. Scott formerly held positions with Rosemount, ... Read moreRead Article

  MinnPost just published an article on what MDI beliefs and values are based on “people with disabilities are extremely able workers – given training and opportunity”. Read the full article here.Read Article

Click to Request a Quote The Evolution and Spectrum of Non-Profit Organizations A social enterprise is one of several organizational types delivering services and opportunities to their respective communities. Non-profits have a business model and the graphic below brings greater clarity to the options available in supporting a specific cause and community. Business models progress ... Read moreRead Article

  MDI is a manufacturing organization that provides standard and custom packaging solutions, production services, and environmental services for business-to-business customers. We manufacture corrugated plastic products; a wide variety of totes, trays, boxes rolls and sheets of plastic, used by distribution and warehouse centers, retail, manufacturing and agriculture businesses all over the country. MDI provides ... Read moreRead Article