View a list of ProMat 2023 on-floor seminars below.
1 - 15 of 39 seminars
1) From the State-of-the-Art to the Future of Lithium-ion Power for Industrial Trucks
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater A
Sponsor Green Cubes Technology
Green Cubes Technology will review the state-of-the art technology showing how Li-ion is used today. By using customer case studies, we show the real-world benefits in safety, efficiency, and total cost of ownership for enterprise customers large and small. These case studies will highlight the benefits ... |
2) Generate Carbon Credits from Electric Vehicles and Equipment
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater C
Sponsor SRECTrade, Inc.
Learn how manufacturers and their supply chain partners are generating valuable carbon credits by operating electric vehicles and equipment. Certain states and provinces across North America have adopted clean fuel programs that provide incentives for deploying EVs, electric yard trucks, eCHE, eForklifts, ... |
3) Powerful Together – optimizing your assets by aligning batteries, chargers, technologies, and data
Starts 12:00 PM
Ends 12:45 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater C
Sponsor East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
The technologies and chemistries used to power your lift truck fleet are more complex and customized than ever before. The key to maximizing your lift truck productivity is driven by understanding the main components of energy storage – batteries and chargers. In this session you will learn how to ... |
4) Everyone’s Talking About Automation, but is Automation Right for Everyone?
Starts 12:00 PM
Ends 12:45 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater I
Sponsor Steel King Industries, Inc.
Automation is the buzz word of the day, but how do you know if your operation is ready for, or even needs automation? This seminar will cover areas of value in conventional warehousing that are often overlooked if not forgotten that can create a fluid, flexible operational facility without the fixed ... |
5) Prove It
Starts 12:45 PM
Ends 1:30 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater B
Sponsor Burns & McDonnell
“That’s all really cool, does it work?” Qualification of automated systems positioned in fit facilities: Proving process data, business case, design, construction, software integration and predictable operations. We all know fulfillment providers are facing unprecedented challenges in all aspects of ... |
6) 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 ... |
7) Making an ROI Business Case for Voice Technology in 2023
Starts 1:30 PM
Ends 2:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater A
Sponsor EPG (Ehrhardt Partner Group)
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 ... |
8) How to Get More eCommerce Orders Out the Door with your Existing Resources
Starts 2:30 PM
Ends 3:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater F
Sponsor inVia Robotics, Inc.
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 ... |
9) Transform your Warehouse into a competitive advantage with BarTender and Barcoding Inc
Starts 3:00 PM
Ends 3:45 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater E
Sponsor BarTender by Seagull Scientific, Inc.
Attend this session to learn how BarTender Cloud along with the solutions experts from Barcoding Inc can turn your warehouse or distribution center into a competitive advantage. |
10) Warehouse Operations Have Gotten More Complex Than Ever. How Technology Enables Operational Agility.
Starts 3:30 PM
Ends 4:15 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater F
Sponsor Generix Group
Global supply chain disruption is the new reality now. Having the agility to anticipate change and adapting to it swiftly is the key for business success. To thrive in tough and challenging times we lean on technology - a well-known enabler of business agility. However, what does operational agility ... |
11) The Rise of Direct-to-Consumer: How businesses can break through the barriers and find success
Starts 3:45 PM
Ends 4:30 PM
Date Monday, March 20
Location Theater B
Sponsor Deposco
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 ... |
12) nEwCommerce: E-Commerce’s Effect on SC Network, Facility Design, and Real Estate Strategies
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Theater A
Sponsor St. Onge Company
This seminar will communicate how the growth of e-commerce (including the acceleration of that growth triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and the aftermath) has affected supply chain networks (facility locations and mission), facility design for both major hubs and last mile e-commerce facilities and ... |
13) WMS Systems: Drive efficiencies, reduce costs and improve service levels
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Theater E
Sponsor Twin Oaks Technology
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 ... |
14) Yard Management: The Apex of Distribution & Transportation Unification
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Theater F
Sponsor Manhattan Associates, Inc.
Unifying supply chain execution systems, like warehouse and transportation management, eliminates the “no man’s land” that exists between these critical functions, transforming what are often supply chain silos into a unified supply chain platform. While yard management can sometimes be a secondary ... |
15) How SAFETY can help solve your hiring and retention problems
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Theater I
Sponsor Boplan USA Inc.
The health safety and wellbeing of associates while in the workplace. The conference will cover the physical safety, the confidence in safety measures, and the adherence to administrative and engineered controls. |