On-floor Seminars

Incorporating voice picking technology into warehouse management processes is indisputably beneficial — but many organizations encounter the challenge of clearly communicating the business case and ROI that derails their project before it gets off the ground. This session tackles those challenges head ...

Evolving technology, the Internet of Things, and continuous innovation make for some pretty impressive developments in the industrial automation space. It also makes for an impressively swirly rumor mill. What's actually possible, or just downright sensationalized? On the other hand, what components ...

With an increased industry focus on ecommerce, microfulfilment and last-mile delivery, shelving and work platforms have become a crucial part of efficient facility operations. The new SMA standards highlight best practices, are a key component to ensuring safety, and will help you prepare your facility ...

As labor and inflation challenges continue to challenge retailers in keeping up with customer demand, you need technologies that will help transform your distribution operations to continue acquiring and retaining customers. This means turning to robotic solutions to help offset labor shortages for store-ready ...

Cart Delivery continues to trend in the material handling industry. Cart Delivery serves as a safe, more productive alternative to a fork truck saturated material flow. In this seminar, participants will be given a highlighted look into the added benefits that are possible when implementing cart delivery ...

Just imagine, it’s 2024… and your material handling processes are more efficient than ever. Staffing isn’t an issue. Operator turnover is a thing of the past. Whether it’s manufacturing or distribution, your throughput numbers are consistent and primed for maximum output. This is a future you can ...

In this session we'll explain how specific warehouse technologies can help you uncover a lot of inefficiencies in your existing operations. Each inefficiency wastes time and resources that you don't have to spare in today's on-demand economy. We'll show how these intelligent technologies - specifically ...

ELOKON, the Atlanta based supplier of safety and productivity solutions for material handling equipment, summarizes the pros and cons of these solutions as they pertain to customers and their warehouses of different sizes and needs. Furthermore, the presenter will highlight the advantages of having all ...

Companies across the industry cannot meet modern fulfillment demands with technology built for a previous era. Join this session to learn how AI-driven cloud software and smart robotic automation can help overcome inadequacies in existing warehouse technology and capitalize on modern market developments. ...

The direct-to-consumer (DTC) market has seen phenomenal growth in recent years, with a 16.9% increase in sales from 2021 to 2022, surpassing $151 billion today. What should companies do now to adapt and drive positive growth from it? The ability to reach customers in new and innovative ways and ...

Goal of the panel is to discuss, identify, and explore plans for mitigating risks when deploying automation. • What automation risks should companies be aware of? o Hardware o IT • How do you develop a risk mitigation strategy for automation? o What to do? o What not to ...

As environmentally-minded consumers push for more eco-consciousness in their ecommerce providers, distributors have responded with increased SIOC (Ship In Original Containers) to both reduce waste and lower costs. SIOC, improved custom package creation, tighter advertising connections, and faster cycles ...

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 ...

Learn how to leverage a WMS implementation to address the challenges facing most operations in today’s environment. A first-hand case study presentation from a highly successful WMS implementation that resulted in a 30% improvement in labor efficiency, increased lines picked per hour by over 90%, reduced ...

Today’s warehouses are changing to become more agile, more scalable and more adaptable to the shifting trends of consumer demand. This impacts the conveyor and sortation systems in many ways but one consistent theme is the addition of automation and information solutions that enable these outcomes. ...