On-floor Seminars

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...