View a list of ProMat 2023 on-floor seminars below.
1 - 15 of 15 seminars
1) Optimize Automated Warehouse Productivity through Storage Type and Distribution Network Analysis
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Conveyor Solutions Inc. (a Systems In Motion Company)
Ecentria, the Destination for All Things Gear: thousands of brands, millions of products, countless how-to guides and reviews. All powered by their proprietary eBusiness Platform and driven by their unrivaled expertise. Experiencing rapid growth, come hear how Ecentria is evaluating and automating their ... |
2) Lidar, IoT, WES, Orchestration, VDA5050, AMR, AGV: New terms, New Solutions—How to Simplify Selection, Deployment, and Growth
Starts 11:30 AM
Ends 12:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor SVT Robotics
TJ Fanning, COO of SVT Robotics, brings over twenty years of experience in robotics, supply chain, and logistics to his presentation. He will delve into the latest technologies, such as LiDAR, IoT, WES, robotic standards, AMRs, and AGVs, and discuss how they have the potential to revolutionize the supply ... |
3) Labor Savings and Beyond: Elements Of A Successful Automated Cleaning Program
Starts 12:30 PM
Ends 1:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Tennant Company
During this session, you’ll hear from Jim Laubach, Sr. Strategic Account Manager for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) at Tennant Company. First, he’ll talk about why automated cleaning has become more prevalent during this time of labor shortages, increased customer/employee expectations and need for ... |
4) School Specialty re-engineers their distribution operations to keep pace with shifting educational models and changing student needs
Starts 1:30 PM
Ends 2:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Alpine Supply Chain Solutions
Everything School Specialty offers is designed for one purpose – to help students succeed. From crayons to curriculum to comprehensive learning environments, the company offers over 150,000 products thoughtfully designed to work together to elevate outcomes and transform not just schools, but students ... |
5) Driving Automation Efficiency with Reusable Plastic Pallets
Starts 2:30 PM
Ends 3:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor ORBIS Corporation
Today’s warehouses are more automated than ever, to optimize speed and space for product flow. As supply chains speed up, product needs to move faster, safer and more cost-effectively. Reusable plastic pallets offer food, beverage, CPG and industrial companies a reliable, repeatable and standardized ... |
6) I need to add automation. So, now what?
Starts 3:30 PM
Ends 4:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Locus Robotics
Surprisingly, many warehouses around the world still function without any form of automation. However, this is changing dramatically as effective and affordable robotics makes adding automation easier. But how do you know what type is right for your operation, your workflows, and what should you know ... |
7) Lift Truck Operator Assistance Technology: What Exactly Is It?
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Yale Material Handling Corporation
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 ... |
8) WIRELESS POWER FOR AGV AND AMR - THE ONLY OPTION FOR A RELIABLE AND SAFE POWER SUPPLY?
Starts 11:30 AM
Ends 12:15 PM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Wiferion North American Inc.
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 ... |
9) Adopting Automation: Why Autonomous Only Robots Aren’t Always Your Best Bet
Starts 1:30 PM
Ends 2:15 PM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Third Wave Automation
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- ... |
10) The Unified Supply Chain: A Platform Approach to Supply Chain Execution
Starts 2:30 PM
Ends 3:15 PM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Supply chain transformation “breakthroughs” often turn out to be little more than integrated dashboards, with siloed operations and technology that prevent users from accessing real-time insights or analysis that can be actioned immediately. Join our unified supply chain experts to understand how ... |
11) Re-Invent Supply Chain Inspection with High-Speed 3D mmWave Imaging
Starts 3:30 PM
Ends 4:15 PM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor ThruWave, Inc.
Learn how to automatically inspect inside sealed boxes and totes moving on conveyors to automate your quality control and improve operational efficiencies, using human-safe 3D mmWave imaging. |
12) Picking may be the star, but it’s time to put upstream processes into the spotlight
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor DLN Integrated Systems, Inc.
When it comes to designing a facility or system upgrade, order picking takes center stage. The technology and solutions are usually designed around picking operations. While there is no doubt that picking is key - due to the labor involved and direct impact over order efficiency - a common mistake is ... |
13) The Future of Packaging - how to boost order fulfillment to meet e-commerce demands with fit-to-size automated packaging
Starts 11:30 AM
Ends 12:15 PM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Sparck Technologies
When it comes to e-commerce, meeting and exceeding customer demands for fast shipping with a positive unboxing experience is essential to success. These demands, along with heightened cost pressures, are driving the need for innovative automation. In this session, we will explore the latest trends in ... |
14) Warehouse Optimization: Same Space, Better Results
Starts 2:30 PM
Ends 3:15 PM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor Mantis Informatics, Inc.
Few businesses can afford a total renovation of their warehouse operations. But it may seem that is what needs to be done in light of changing customer requests (like increasing B2C fulfillment) and evolving expectations. Take a step back and optimize what you have instead of tearing down and rebuilding. ... |
15) Get Started with Robots-as-a-Service to Immediately Increase Productivity and Supplement Labor
Starts 3:30 PM
Ends 4:15 PM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Emerging Technologies Theater
Sponsor RIOS Intelligent Machines
With a limited amount of labor resources on any given day inside a facility, robotic automation is the key to maintaining and increasing production. A new breed of quick deploying, cost-efficient robotic intelligent machines are available to automate dexterous and labor-intensive tasks such as end-of-line ... |