On-floor Seminars

Material Handling Cart Delivery has been trending for years. It serves as a safer and more productive alternative to a fork truck saturated workflow environment. Want to know more? In this seminar, participants will be given a highlighted look into cart delivery, but more specifically a comparison of ...

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, ...

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 ...

The labor shortage isn’t a new issue for supply chain operations, but the effort to attract and retain, both leadership and hourly positions has become increasingly challenging since the pandemic. This session aims to address the workforce challenges holistically and focus on how process digitization, ...

As ecommerce becomes the norm in warehousing and distribution, the need to adapt storage and retrieval systems is imminent. RMI industry experts will share how rack system designs are changing to meet the requirements in the ecommerce world.

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 ...

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 ...

With the current labor shortages, companies are looking for ways to increase productivity, or just get back to pre-COVID levels and maintain them. The knee jerk reaction would be to introduce automation for certain areas, but that may not be the best solution, and often comes with a high price tag. Optimization ...

MHI's newest Industry Group is called SLAM (Scan, Label, Apply, Manifest). Often the last steps in the fulfillment process can make or break your operations. Members of SLAM will present lessons learned and best practices when implementing the technologies and solutions that take your orders from the ...

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 ...

E-commerce is the new normal, and consumers are demanding a better delivery experience. The customer experience has officially extended well beyond the stores and into peoples’ homes. And, consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about their carbon footprint in relation to their online shopping ...

From manufacturing through fulfillment, today’s supply chain requires increased visibility to ensure accuracy and quality. ThruWave has now expanded that visibility to see and inspect inside of sealed containers, cartons, and totes when moving on high-speed conveyors, up to 600 ft/min, to analyze and ...

You have made the choice to automate. Now what? In this session we will walk you through how to evaluate where you are today, prepare your infrastructure for automation, and how to execute for success.

Description: The constant drive for safety in Manufacturing plants, Distribution Centers and Warehouses is relentless. The challenges that these facilities face on a daily basis to improve safety and maintain productivity require a delicate balance as consumers place greater value on ecommerce with ...

We are living through a critical decade for limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. With increasing investor and government pressure on corporate transparency and disclosure on climate action, sustainable business practices are no longer a luxury, but a necessity. The call to action is clear: ...