A challenging new product mix brought about by shifts in consumer preferences is putting new demands on today's distribution and fulfillment centers. Eaches, bags, envelopes, clear packaging, and irregular shaped items continue to challenge legacy material handling automation. The optimal application ...

This seminar will communicate how the growth of e-commerce (including the acceleration of that growth triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic) has affected supply chain networks (facility locations and mission), facility design for both major hubs and last mile e-commerce facilities and real estate pressure ...

What a challenging year we all have been through. Every business has been forced to challenge previous perceptions of the world that we all now live and operate in. While voice technology has been in use for over twenty years, technology has progressed phenomenally and some of the new wonders voice technology ...

Frontline workers across the supply chain rely on mission-critical technologies to deliver the essential goods and services we depend on every day, but when these technologies fail, workers can’t do their job, putting pressure on IT. When it comes to mission-critical endpoints, staging and management ...

Automated work environments are rapidly increasing around the world. According to the 2020 MHI Annual Industry Report, the global industrial robotics industry reports an annual growth rate of 13% from 2014 – 2019. 39% of survey respondents reported implementation of robotics or automation equipment ...

The consumer e-commerce trend has dramatically exploded over the past year. The trend has caused major challenges for retailers trying to meet consumer demand and transformed store and warehouse operations. As retailers race to develop new processes and systems for e-commerce, they are confronted with ...

With the increasing demand for speed and flexibility, companies are being forced to rethink how they handle their supply chain and logistics. One transition that many companies are considering is the move towards automation including robotics, AGV’s, and IoT within their operations. One of the enablers ...

The autonomous navigation system an AGV uses is crucial to its performance, installation time, and cost. We assess today’s different navigation choices - from line-following to laser triangulation, natural features, and more.

Are you curious about how AGVs, automated forklifts and mobile robots navigate automatically around their environments? Maybe your company is considering investing in AGVs or planning to develop such a vehicle in-house? Whether looking to buy or create, the navigation system your automated vehicle ...

The seminar will explain how IEC 61499-based technology for distributed automation can be used to ease the development of complex real-time control applications in logistics, while also enabling a service-oriented mechanism to connect with IT and execute advanced optimization logics based on data analysis ...

The Intelligent Distribution Center (DC) is powering the evolution of the Digital Supply Chain. The Intelligent DC leverages "digital" technologies, such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), analytics, cybersecurity, edge/cloud computing and services, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable new ...

Artificial Intelligence will have a tremendous impact on supply chain and distribution operations over the next decade, but many DC operators are searching for concrete examples of how they can use AI today. This presentation will bring the concepts of AI and data science down to earth and describe practical ...

To boost inventory visibility and management across the supply chain, companies are rapidly deploying Internet of Things (IoT) technology for end-to-end data capture. According to the 2020 MHI Annual Industry Report, 26% of survey respondents reported some use of IoT in their business operations today, ...

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.

The safe use of a storage rack system is key to the productivity of a warehouse. We discuss the resources available from the Rack Manufacturers Institute that can be used to design and implement a safe rack system. We discuss the inspections necessary in maintaining a safe rack system. We discuss how ...