On-floor Seminars

Supply chain disruptions have caused many companies add more automation. In the 2020 MHI Annual Industry Report, 73% of respondents plan to add more automation in the next 5 years. As they implement automation, companies are looking at every aspect of their operation to eliminate downtime and drive productivity. ...

The explosion of e-commerce and the labor crunch are combining to drive advances in automation to meet the demand. There is an army of robots, AGVs, AS/RS systems, and technology, some of it yet to be invented, descending on your warehouses and distribution centers. To optimize the benefits of any new ...

The expansion of Fresenius Kabi’s pharmaceutical operations in Wilson, N.C. included the introduction of the aseptic production of IV solutions. IV solutions remain very warm once they are packaged and palletized. A solution was needed to automatically handle and keep track of the products while they ...

Join Vecna Robotics and Big Joe to see first what the future of autonomous pallet moving will look like – you may not be expecting equipment of this compact size to be automated! Learn how low-cost, easy-to-deploy autonomous pallet movers can improve productivity for small and medium size facilities, ...

With a limited amount of labor resources on any given day inside a facility, robotic automation is the key to maintaining and increasing production. A new breed of quick deploying, cost efficient robotic workcells are available to automate dexterous and labor intensive tasks such as end of line packaging, ...

Increased productivity, lower operational costs, reclaimed commercial space, and zero emissions sustainability – sound too good to be true? Join us to learn how facilities both large and small in all links of the supply chain – from manufacturing to middle and last mile - are moving their businesses ...

The cloud has transformed many different industries, companies and applications, so why would robotics be any different? While “lifting and shifting” basic functionality such as fleet management, analytics, and workflow development to the cloud is valuable from an availability and uptime perspective, ...

Everyone’s expectations of the supply chain is evolving, but the entire network has been built over years of previous requirements and technology. Now technology is rapidly advancing and in many cases faster than the supply chain network can adapt due to limited resources for deployment and focus. With ...

A new generation of intelligent robots is taking over warehouses. As eCommerce demand continues to skyrocket and labor shortages intensify, AI-powered pick-and-place robots have become a mission-critical part of today’s most competitive fulfillment operations. In this session, participate in a 15-minute ...

Look around at MODEX and you’ll see robotic solutions at every turn. But how do you know which, if any of them, is right for your business? Is an AMR supported goods-to-person solution the one? Or is an automated put wall what you need? And what about software? How and where do you begin the process ...

With the many processes happening simultaneously in fulfillment warehouses, it's a challenge to time them so that resources are 100% productive and utilized. Even if your workflows are perfectly planned so that goods continuously flow through the warehouse, disruptions inevitably occur - a worker leaves ...

With the exponential increase in customer demands, technological advancements and fierce competition, distribution and fulfillment centers are under heightened pressure to speed up order fulfillment and optimize their operations. Combined with an extremely tight labor market, many organizations have ...

What You Will Learn Labor shortages. Inventory delays. Limited warehouse vacancy. COVID-19-driven challenges thrusted logistics into the spotlight, and the warehouse emerged as the event horizon at the center of global commerce and public health. In parallel, a 2020 survey from McKinsey found that ...

Today’s customers expect rapid order processing and fast delivery, requiring warehouse professionals to efficiently fulfill products as close to the end consumer as possible. There are several automated solutions that can enable this, including technologies for micro-fulfillment: one of the most talked ...

The number of robots and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) available in the marketplace are growing every day. This session will focus on how organizations can save labor and space while improving their customer service levels. We'll be reviewing a wide variety of order fulfillment, goods to person, sortation ...