On-floor Seminars

Robots have gotten a bad rap. While many robots got stuck in pilot purgatory, today’s ultramodern AI-powered robots see, reason and interact with their environment. These smart robots use massive neural networks to achieve unprecedented speed, precision and accuracy. Discover how Parfums Christian Dior, ...

Minimizing risk is at the core of all decision-making when it comes to moving freight – how do you know if you’ve made the right call and selected the right carrier? Using the traditional approach, the answer won’t become evident until after the deal is done and the freight delivered. Oftentimes, bias ...

Industrywide polls conducted over the last few years all consistently point to labor and space constraints as the top 2 challenges facing manufacturing, light industrial, and warehousing operations. And that is no surprise, we are hearing of the labor crisis and supply chain challenges on a daily basis. ...

The pandemic sent retail distribution into a new universe that we are unlikely to return from. At the same time, the pandemic allowed distribution employees and temporary workers to reevaluating their expectations of employment. This session will look at the traditional labor model and challenge it. ...

Disruption and growing customer expectations require strengthened omnichannel and ecommerce capabilities with reduced labor costs. Logistics providers must build resilience and strengthen operations with innovative technologies to meet customer demand and enable flexible and scalable processes. In ...

Warehouse labor is expensive to find and hard to keep. With customers demanding an easy, flawless omnichannel fulfillment experience, how do you protect your commitments and grow your business—when the future of your CX is in the hands of people who may or may not be there from one day to the next? In ...

You can't improve what you don't measure. That's why intelligent warehouse solutions are an integral part of the optimization process. Move your organization forward with advanced technologies connected with scalable, flexible, and intelligent warehouse solutions. This includes asset and maintenance ...

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 ...

Articulated robotics for pick-and-place tasks rely heavily on machine-learning (ML) and intelligence algorithms to handle the dynamic realities of distribution and fulfillment (D&F) centers. A robot’s abilities to identify products and determine its response are critical to efficiency and throughput. ...

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.

Changes in consumer expectations have increased the pressure brands face to maintain service level commitments. Consumers want in-stock inventory, next day, free shipping and free, no-hassle returns along with excellent customer support. Today, companies across the globe are feeling the pressure and ...

The technologies used to power your lift truck fleet are more detailed and customized than ever before. The key to customization and success is driven by the main components of energy storage – batteries and chargers. Paired with cutting edge data and data management it results in the highest level ...

Dealers and customers looking to manage their batteries and chargers online soon learn how challenging this can be. Large customers that move batteries between facilities require some form of geo-tracking to automatically update location. Facilities that receive new batteries should review and potentially ...

Whether you are exploring the feasibility of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in your facility or are an AGV expert wanting to learn more, we will dive into the basics of an AGV system. This seminar will cover why you should automate, AGV solutions, integration of these systems, types of energy systems ...

New warehouses are propagating that offer radical advantages in flexibility and modularity along with notable net reductions in both material and cost. While traditional warehousing relies heavily on fixed infrastructure, equipment operators, and capital-intensive material handling equipment, micro-fulfillment ...