On-floor Seminars

Transportation and Logistics have been hot boardroom topics, as manufacturers, retailers, and 3PLs are looking to innovate and improve competitiveness. For example, the order volume surge due to e-commerce and customer-centricity are driving up complexities and costs throughout the distribution network. ...

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 ...

Today, automated guided vehicles, laser-guided vehicles, and self-driven forklifts represent the most flexible, reliable, and advanced technology to integrate all the supply chain operations. Since AGVs and LGVs are constantly in motion, operating unmanned over large areas in manufacturing and distribution, ...

The pace of change in materials handling automation keeps accelerating, and the progress of enabling technologies like machine vision, motion planning and grasping are major drivers. But operations have important questions when it comes to this relentless advance of technology, including what manual ...

As the recent pandemic has weighted the need for labor reduction interactions on top of the continuous need for manufacturers and distributors to increase efficiency, AGV and AMR providers are shining a bright spotlight on the benefits that their technology can provide inside a warehouse or manufacturing ...

As material handling continues to move towards autonomous robots and vehicles, there is still a need to interface these solutions with conveyor systems. Automated and autonomous vehicles are capable of being mobile conveyors to bridge the gap between fixed infrastructure and the flexible needs of the ...

In March 2020, the MHI Solutions Community, its clients and prospects gathered in Atlanta to discuss challenges, opportunities and solutions for supply chain performance improvement. Already in the air and near simultaneously, COVID-19 then sprang its devastating, disruptive and regrettably too often ...

Are you considering integrating a new automated system into your network? Approaching facility construction, infrastructure upgrades, and automation integration can be a daunting task. The coordination required and the complexity of highly automated projects can lead to costly errors and schedule delays ...

One might not think about the distribution process as a data harvester, but it is. Data is generated daily throughout material handling processes. Each process creates a data point that can help give a competitive advantage and drive better workflows. Understanding what data to leverage is key within ...

Supply chains continue to become increasingly complex. Inside the four walls, heightened consumer demands, fluctuating order volumes, labor shortages, and other constraints present ongoing hurdles for manufacturing, warehousing, e-commerce, and logistics facilities. In this session, learn low-risk strategies ...

As companies continue to deploy more autonomous mobile platforms both inside and outside of their facilities interoperability between platforms will become an important requirement. This presentation will discuss the current status of the work being done to create a standard.

Wireless chargers without contacts are revolutionizing the way energy is transferred to AGVs, mobile robots and industrial e-vehicles. By enabling "opportunity charging", the fast charging process of the batteries can take place during regular operation and process-related breaks. Vehicle down times ...