Senior Director of Logistics & Distribution (Americas) for Beckman Coulter
Engineered Solutions
Transform your operation from the ground up with custom solutions built for you
Your Operation is Unique. Your Solutions Should Be Too.
Are you struggling to stay efficient without sacrificing accuracy?
Are your growth plans running up against space constraints, staff workloads, and rising costs?
Quick fixes and patchwork solutions could fix some of the issues, but they aren’t enough to resolve deeper logistical problems or work toward long-term success. No two facilities share the exact same concerns, which is why MH Equipment doesn’t push off-the-shelf concepts. We engineer custom solutions built around your physical space, operational challenges, and long-term business goals.Â
To identify the root cause of your obstacles and find the best solution for your operation, you need an expert who can oversee your project from conception through completion and make your distribution center work for you.Â
Custom-Designed Systems to Fit How You Work
Heavy-Duty Material Handling, Distribution, and Specialized Environments
From high-density storage and automated flow to process refinement on the floor, we bridge the gap between production, storage, and fulfillment. We design and integrate complete systems across a wide range of operational environments.Â
Distribution & Fulfillment
Maximize space, streamline order picking, and boost throughput across B2B, e-commerce, and omnichannel networks.
Manufacturing & Production
Improve material flow, reduce unnecessary touches, and connect plant-floor processes directly to staging and shipment for industrial and heavy-duty material handling.
Specialized Environments
Implement systems engineered specifically for demanding environments, temperature-controlled cold storage, or high-volume production.
Turn-Key Technology Integration
Incorporate storage systems, conveyor and sortation, warehouse management software (WMS), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), mobile robotics, palletizing, parts feeding, and custom automation components into one cohesive system.
Get Comprehensive Engineered and Material Handling Solutions
MH Equipment‘s Engineered Solutions team studies how materials, people, and information move through your building. Then, they design a system built to serve the whole operation. Layout, storage, automation, software, and installation all come from the same team, so the pieces work together in one united system.
Let’s find the solution that helps your facility operate at full capacity.
The MH Equipment Difference
Industry Experts
Our engineers and warehouse solutions managers come from the industry and know how ideal layout, throughput, and logistics should function within industrial solutions.
Strategy Before Technology
We start with strategy, getting to know your business and defining your short-and long-term goals while we analyze your current operation. Once we have studied where you’re at, we’ll make recommendations on how to get you where you want to go.
Partnered with Premier Manufacturers
We partner with premier names in conveyors, robotics, racking, software, and picking technology, allowing us to source the exact equipment your operation requires.
Complete Accountability
Our project managers are hands-on from analysis through installation, working closely with you to stay on time and in budget while reaching your goals.
Get Top Engineered Solutions Expertise
Why Our Customers Trust MH Equipment
MH Engineered Solutions played a critical role in each of these initiatives, helping to strengthen our analysis, accelerate decision-making, and improve overall project outcomes.
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Ready to Get Started with Engineered Warehouse Solutions?
Whether you need to optimize an active facility or build a new solution from the ground up, we start with data to determine the right fit for your application.
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& Analyze
We evaluate your facility layout, inventory movement, order profiles, labor metrics, and growth objectives to identify bottlenecks and find opportunities for extra capacity.
Engineer & Integrate
Combining manufacturing material handling and distribution industry expertise with system simulation and modeling, we design custom storage, automation, and software systems tailored to your operational realities.
Execute & Scale
We set up complete, turnkey integrations so you get faster results, keep workers safe, and have a setup built to adapt as your business expands.
Tell Us About Your Project
After you submit the form, our team will connect with you to learn more about your operation and discuss solutions tailored to your facility, goals, and challenges.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of engineered solutions does MH Equipment provide?
We design and integrate complete material handling environments tailored to your facility, workflow, and goals. Our capabilities include engineered warehouse areas and facility layouts, high-density storage systems, conveyor and sortation, warehouse management and execution software (WMS/WES), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automated palletizing, and custom production line integration.
Can MH Equipment optimize an existing facility, or do you only build new systems?
Both. Engineered solutions don’t have to start with a blank slate. We can evaluate your existing facility and identify opportunities to improve space utilization, workflow, throughput, labor efficiency, and safety. Whether you need to refine an existing system, integrate new technology, or completely rethink your operation, we’ll develop a solution around what you have and where you want to go.
How does MH Equipment determine the right solution for my operation?
We start by understanding your operation, not by recommending a particular piece of equipment. Our team evaluates factors such as inventory flow, facility layout, order profiles, throughput, labor, growth plans, and operational goals. From there, we use industry expertise, data, technology, modeling, and system design to develop a solution that fits your application and can adapt as your operation evolves.
How do I start an engineered solutions project?
All projects start with a conversation with our experts and a facility analysis. We walk your floor, measure product flow, labor hours, and throughput at each stage, then show you where capacity is being lost. Preliminary consults carry no obligation.
My building is landlocked. Can I still add capacity to my warehouse?
Working within limited space is one of the most common problems we see. Vertical space, storage density, pick module design, and goods-to-person systems all create capacity inside the footprint you have.Â
If I start an engineered solution project, do I have to replace my existing equipment?
Not necessarily. Many of our projects integrate new technology with equipment already in service. Legacy racking, existing conveyor systems, and your current lift trucks all belong in the design conversation. Replacing what still performs wastes your capital, and we’ll let you know what’s worth keeping and what may need to be replaced.Â
How much does an engineered solution cost?
Cost depends on scope, from a single pick module to a fully integrated automated system. Before you see a number, we build the analysis behind it so you understand the investment, the ROI, and the impact on your operations. Our recommendations keep your budget and timeline in mind, and we are well-versed in finding lower-cost solutions to work with the budget you have available.
Do you provide industrial solutions outside of warehousing?
Yes. A large share of our work happens in manufacturing plants, where the challenge is line-side delivery, work-in-process staging, and material flow that keeps pace with production. The industrial solutions we design there follow the same engineering process we use in a distribution center.
