On-floor Seminars

Chances are, you’ve heard of a lift truck “operator assistance system” or “OAS” in the past year or so. But if you ask five people at ProMat what OAS means, you’ll probably get five different answers – the market’s understanding of the term is murky. The current OAS landscape is characterized by several ...

Nobody could have predicted the chaotic state of supply chain logistics during and after the pandemic. However, one thing is certain: the industry will never be the same. Supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, increasing cost pressures – the list of challenges warehouses are facing is long and ever-changing. ...

Energy supply is crucial to successful operation of AMR - downtime is waste of money. Wireless chargers without contacts are revolutionizing the way energy is transferred to AGVs and industrial e-vehicles. By enabling "in-process-charging", the fast charging process of the batteries can take place ...

Members of MHI’s SLAM Industry Group discuss the business case for optimizing the last 100 feet of the warehouses, fulfillment, and distribution centers. With advances in high-tech robotics and smart systems being developed and implemented upstream (e.g. robotic picking, high tech ASRS systems, etc.) ...

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have exploded onto the scene in the past 10 years but the technology is far from being what most solution providers will admit. Shared Autonomy bridges the gap and gives you the fastest, most flexible solution that you can implement right now. Autonomous, remote or manual- ...

Resiliency is key for successful warehouses and distribution centers due to today’s evolving supply chain. Automation now plays a critical role in managing efficient operations while remaining capable of recovering from and adapting to supply chain challenges. Future success relies on automation for ...

Today’s businesses are facing a long and constantly-changing list of challenges within their supply chain operations including, labor shortages and demands for faster shipping. The need for companies to implement high performing, flexible and reliable supply chain solutions is now more important than ...

According to new research, labor makes up 60–65% of the total cost of warehouse fulfillment, not including shipping. Driven by the boom in ecommerce, industry headcount has increased by 14% over the past year, but productivity levels have not kept the same pace. Now let’s add the cost of human error ...

Warehousing and distribution thought leaders will discuss what's new and what is needed to tap into the immense value that both people and technology bring to their supply chain performance, how robots (working in harmony with the human factor) can deliver labor savings and what innovative automation ...