On-floor Seminars

Automation and robotics have never been more critical. But if you’re new to automation, how do you get started? Or if you’re already using automation, how do you take your strategy to the next level? How do you choose the right technologies and the right partners? How do you fine tune your strategies? ...

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 ...

As businesses continue to seek insight on prioritization of their limited investment dollars, how will you generate the business case for your project? This moderated panel session will share insight, learnings and mistakes on projects focused on ROI outcomes. In addition, how that differs from the business ...

When organizations are considering an automated warehouse; pallet storage density, throughput, and manpower are often the main focus of determining a solution. However, pallet transportation from one process to another can sometimes be overlooked in a design but can have a significant impact on how ...

What is the perfect solution? It depends on the challenge, preferences, and often depends on the automation your partner has available. But by allowing yourself to have the flexibility to combine technologies from multiple providers you could potentially tap into one of the most highly efficient solutions ...

Guaranteeing business continuity in times of extreme labor scarcity is a daily challenge for distribution centers. To overcome this challenge and reduce dependency on manual labor, proven reliable robotic solutions are needed in your warehouse operation. In this seminar, you will learn how to successfully ...

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 ...

Adding automation to your order fulfillment processes is the best way to improve operational performance, but what happens when your business grows and it’s time to expand storage and throughput capacity? How long will expansion take? What will the impact be to on-going operations? Join this session ...

Many companies may believe that their business is not big enough to utilize automated fulfillment and that available solutions are too expensive for their budget. This is no longer always the case. Today’s flexible and scalable warehouse automation technologies offer viable options for many fast-growing ...

MHI’s newly formed Condition Monitoring & Reliability Committee will share lessons from real industry experiences – both painful lessons and shining successes when seeking to transform your business with condition monitoring. You can expect to learn about fundamentals of a condition monitoring solution ...

Customers have been asked to choose between implementing a manual process or investing in a large, costly ASRS solutions for order fulfillment, with few options in between available in the market. Due to trending labor shortages, manual fulfillment operations have proven to be flexible but not scalable. ...

While automation has been front and center for many, it's remained on the fringe for many others.  Current market conditions such as a shrinking labor force and shifting skill sets are motivating  stragglers to further investigate the benefits of automation. Overcoming perceived obstacles and reimagining ...

2023 is the year automation comes into its own. Warehouses are ready, the technology is falling into place, and all that’s left is for you to jump in and start reaping the benefits. But, before making any investment, it’s good to know where we are at today—and what’s coming around the corner.