On-floor Seminars

As environmentally-minded consumers push for more eco-consciousness in their ecommerce providers, distributors have responded with increased SIOC (Ship In Original Containers) to both reduce waste and lower costs. SIOC, improved custom package creation, tighter advertising connections, and faster cycles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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.

Nobody could have predicted the chaotic state of supply chain logistics during and after the pandemic. However, one thing is certain: the industry will never be the same. Supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, increasing cost pressures – the list of challenges warehouses are facing is long and ever-changing. ...

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 ...

Who knew the humble label was worth a second look in 2023? A label is essentially used on everything coming in and out of the warehouse – and has been for years. Tune in to learn from industry experts how upgrading your warehouse label printing process yields surprising productivity rewards. Join experts ...

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.) ...

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- ...

The industry's Material to be Handled (MTBH) has changed and continues to adjust based on consumers' online buying behavior. The need to handle smaller, thinner and lighter products has vastly increased. How do you automatically sort these non-conveyable items? Join us as we discuss the challenges ...

Resiliency is key for successful warehouses and distribution centers due to today’s evolving supply chain. Automation now plays a critical role in managing efficient operations while remaining capable of recovering from and adapting to supply chain challenges. Future success relies on automation for ...

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 ...

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 ...