On-floor Seminars

Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) manage, optimize, and direct the physical work processes (picking, receiving, replenishment, etc.) in a warehouse or distribution center. For companies to remain competitive, modern distribution centers must employ levels of automation that were unheard of a decade ago. ...

Customer demand for everything from faster year-round shipping to consistent order accuracy will continue to grow despite the long and ever-changing list of challenges warehouses are facing now and in the future. Supply chain disruptions and labor shortages aren’t taken into consideration by consumers ...

Today forklifts are an integral part of the supply chain with the global forklift market size valued at USD 53.5 billion in 2021*, yet global warehouses and logistics centers are challenged to employ enough forklift operators to operate them. Along with an increasing labor shortage, global warehouses ...

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 ...

ProMat provides visitors a chance to see how material handling equipment, technologies and software solve real world order fulfillment, logistics and manufacturing problems. Today we are seeing an unprecedented shortage of labor and need for space. There are multiple systems that can enable drastic reductions ...

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 ...

The automation train is hurling towards us at 200 miles per hour, but most of us are still planning our itineraries. To avoid the collision course, this session brings together industry experts with diverse perspectives to provide insight on the state of automation, major milestones, where there is real ...