On-floor Seminars

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. ...

Members of MHI’s SLAM Industry Group discuss the business case for optimizing the last 100 feet of the warehouses, fulfillment, and distribution centers. With advances in high-tech robotics and smart systems being developed and implemented upstream (e.g. robotic picking, high tech ASRS systems, etc.) ...

Panel Discussion: The fragility of many supply chains was brutally exposed during the outbreak of the pandemic: poor visibility, lack of information, lengthy lead times, missing inventory, lack of manpower, over corrections, and the list goes on. Some companies fared much better than others, thanks to ...

Innovation and safeguarding improvements are critical to protecting people and products in industrial and supply chain facilities. In 2020, the estimated total cost of workplace injuries was $163.9 billion, while improper Machine Guarding has ranked near the top of OSHA violations in each of the past ...

The safe use of a storage rack system is key to the productivity of a warehouse. We discuss the resources available from the Rack Manufacturers Institute that can be used to design and implement a safe rack system. We discuss the inspections necessary in maintaining a safe rack system. We discuss how ...

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 ...