Materials Handling Virtual Summit
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, labor availability was already one of the top challenges in warehousing and distribution operations. Even as automation made inroads to complement human workers and reduce perennially high turnover, the need for labor remained persistent. In this session, our keynote speaker will explore strategies to attract and retain labor and talent in an unprecedented job market.
In this session, we’ll explore how automated storage, mobile robots, cobots and the software to orchestrate them will play a vital role in helping operations manage disruption, support current and future employees, and preserve service levels during the recovery and for many years after.
In this session, two of the market’s leading robotics analysts will discuss how digitally-enabled robotics are a critical piece of the solution – but must be assembled with a series of tools like automation virtualization and networking. They will explore how tomorrow’s organizations can enhance efficiency while embracing the principles of the future of resilient operations.
In this session, our speakers take a closer look at how businesses large and small can use SCE solutions to drive efficiency and flexibility while proactively positioning themselves for success. Today’s SCE offerings work to tie the enterprise together, which is more important now than ever.
In this session, our speaker will share some of the trends driving the use of mobile devices; outline the applications best suited to mobile, voice and wearable technologies; and explain how warehouse/DC operations are leveraging insights from the edge to track productivity, improve accuracy and accountability, and streamline inventory and the flow of goods.
One area that is nearly certain to soar post-pandemic is micro-fulfillment, or “hyper-local” fulfillment. This emerging concept relies on a network of small fulfillment centers located very close to consumers that can profitably complete same-day orders. In this session, we explain the fundamental groundwork necessary to develop a profitable and sustainable hyper-local network.
