McCormick Place, Chicago IL March 20-23, 2023
View a list of ProMat 2023 on-floor seminars below.
1 - 15 of 39 seminars
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1) 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 ... |
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2) School Specialty re-engineers their distribution operations to keep pace with shifting educational models and changing student needs
Starts 12:00 PM
Ends 12:45 PM
Date Thursday, March 23
Location Theater I
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 ... |
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3) 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. |
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4) 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. |
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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 ... |
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6) 10 Racking Mistakes Warehouse Managers Must Avoid
Starts 2:30 PM
Ends 3:15 PM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Theater F
Sponsor Damotech, Inc.
Warehouses are bustling with the constant movement of people, merchandise, and equipment, creating the perfect environment for incidents to occur. How do you inspect, operate and maintain your pallet racks to keep your people and inventory safe and costs down? Charles Carbonneau (Ph.D.), head of an ... |
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7) The 6 Principles of a Best-in-Class Rack Safety Program
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Theater A
Sponsor Damotech, Inc.
The burden of liability and ever-increasing operating expenses encourage warehouse owners to seek trusted strategies to help them improve safety while reducing maintenance costs. Rack safety expert Marc Rousseau will show you a strategic framework based on best practices. You will leave the session ... |
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8) 10 Racking Mistakes Warehouse Managers Must Avoid
Starts 10:30 AM
Ends 11:15 AM
Date Thursday, March 23
Location Theater G
Sponsor Damotech, Inc.
Warehouses are bustling with the constant movement of people, merchandise, and equipment, creating the perfect environment for incidents to occur. How do you inspect, operate and maintain your pallet racks to keep your people and inventory safe and costs down? Charles Carbonneau (Ph.D.), head of an ... |
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9) 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 ... |
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10) 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 ... |
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11) Strategic Planning for Uncertain Times
Starts 2:15 PM
Ends 3:00 PM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Theater I
Sponsor DMW&H
Economic anxiety, shifting consumer demand, labor shortages, and supply chain issues are creating conditions for a perfect storm of uncertainty. While volatility challenges internal operations to adapt, opportunity recognition and flexibility are critical. The goal is to help you understand these factors, ... |
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12) 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 ... |
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13) Maximize Motive Power – Manage Complexity to Minimize Risk & Ownership Cost
Starts 3:00 PM
Ends 3:45 PM
Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Theater A
Sponsor EnerSys
Demands on your material handling operations grow increasingly complex and uncertain. Volatile energy costs, intense throughput demands, shifting operator demographics and even stringent sustainability requirements add new dimension and risk to decisions on motive power systems for your equipment. Traditional ... |
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14) 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 ... |
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15) Making an ROI Business Case for Voice Technology in 2023
Starts 11:15 AM
Ends 12:00 PM
Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Theater D
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 ... |