On-floor Seminars

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 ...

Consumer demand is ever-changing, and the pace of retail continues to grow. Therefore, fulfilment operations must take steps to mitigate against the on-going challenges within e-commerce and retail channels. Your customers’ needs for next-day delivery, later cut-off times, and a wide variety of products ...

Real robotic systems are in use today, helping enterprise organizations solve labor challenges and increase throughput. From eCommerce fulfillment to on-demand grocery orders to store replenishment and package sortation – intelligent, modular, scalable robotic systems deliver value at Fortune 50 retailers. ...

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 ...

In the face of an ongoing labor shortage, companies are turning to warehouse automation to combat supply chain disruption, keep their businesses running and stay ahead of the competition. Automated solutions, such as AS/RS, have been proven to reduce the impact of labor shortages, improve order fulfillment ...

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 ...

In today's ever-changing environment, there are many challenges for local fulfillment. Labor, space, efficiency, costs, and speed are all issues that confront providers while they try to meet consumer demands and the dynamics of the market place. Traditional manual based solutions fall far short of meeting ...

In this session, Samay Kohli, Co-Founder and CEO of GreyOrange, shares innovative yet practical strategies on how to quickly turn an under-performing store into a high producing micro fulfillment center. By revisiting the success that a major department store chain experienced through the leveraging ...

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, ...

In this session, Bricz, a global supply chain solutions provider for many leading retailers, brands, and distributors, shares their experience building automation and robotics strategies on behalf of their customers. Learn about real-life examples, best practices, common pitfalls, how to account for ...

Fulfillment and distribution centers are under more pressure than ever before. With order volumes rising and labor shortages leaving centers understaffed, DCs and FCs must embrace smarter technology to keep operations running. Learn how AMR fulfillment solutions can quickly provide pick optimization, ...

You wouldn’t ask an architect to build anything without designing it in AutoCAD first, so why are you installing AMRs without simulating the deployment first in software? OTTO Motors’ CEO Matthew Rendall will discuss how simulation was used to save cost, validate feasibility, mitigate risk, and evaluate ...

If you’ve outgrown the capacity of your warehouse, you may think the only option is building a new one. But that’s not necessarily the case. The latest generation of robotic and data-driven automation systems can significantly increase the capacity of brownfield facilities at a fraction of the cost of ...

Goods to person is the process of bringing product to a person which greatly reduces travel time to pick and gather product from a storage location. With the emergence of the pandemic, rising concerns on how to address labor deficiencies increased exponentially. Similarly, over the last few years ...

Most 3PLs don’t have the level of visibility to understand the true cost of picking errors. In this presentation, Jerome Dubois, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of 6 River Systems, will break down the impact of a mispick on a hypothetical company’s budget.