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Go Green, Save Green: Sustainable Supply Chain Improvements

 

ProMat 2011 Seminars

10 steps to improve operational efficiency Companies spend millions of dollars annually to design, build and operate distribution centers, warehouses and fulfillment operations. These operations will experience ongoing business changes that impact their customers and their financial bottom line. The challenge is to identify and address change indicators before the operation becomes inefficient or completely out of control. This seminar will provide 10 important steps operations can take to identify change indicators and ensure operational efficiency today and in the future.
 
Bridging the gap between legacy and best-of breed WMS There are hundreds of legacy or home-grown WMS packages developed over years of fine-tuning that are hard for companies to unplug. These systems have been tailored to support specific business practices and each is very unique. But, are these legacy WMS providing the levels of performance that a best-of-breed WMS offers? In this session, discover what off-the-shelf WMS packages now provide and how your legacy system might be adapted to come closer to the mark - or, alternatively, if it's time to bite the bullet and make the switch.
 
Food and beverage traceability from supplier to store shelf What path do the ingredients in your food and beverage products travel before ending up on the store shelf? Could you trace the exact path of a product in the event of a recall? Learn how advanced inventory management capabilities can save you from ever needing to deal with compliance failure and legal liability.
 
Lean 2.0: The next generation in lean This session will discuss the real opportunities to "LEAN" out the inefficiencies in a day to day operation by improving and creating processes when cost effective automation has been implemented. LEANing of processes through optimized material storage and flow will allow companies to reduce labor costs through increased efficiencies, decrease errors in the supply chain, reduce injuries, have a tighter inventory control and yes, we can still save space. In today's global competition, can you really afford not to take advantage of something so simple?
 
Leveraging metrics to drive warehouse performance improvement Continued refinement of warehouse metrics offers a wide variety of options for fine-tuning performance. The question is: "Which ones will best fit your environment and how do you use them to set targets, monitor results, meet service goals and contain costs? How do you assure a proper balance between measures to avoid negatively impacting performance in one area by overemphasizing another? How can metrics be used to justify investment in people, equipment & systems while simulaneously building employee support, commitment & morale.
 
Leveraging technology for best-practices LSP/3PL performance For 3PL providers, supply chain agility is a necessity when trying to address diverse customer needs. Learn what to look for in modern supply chain technology which can help you incorporate new service offerings and respond to new market requirements quickly and easily, while keeping IT costs low.
 
Metrics that matter for high performance order fulfillment Continuous improvement of order fulfillment performance is critical to any fulfillment operation. This seminar will discuss the most important metrics to measure and manage order fulfillment operations and provide simple methods and techniques to improve your operation’s performance based on these metrics.
 
Modern design trends for direct to consumer fulfillment A better understanding of custom equipment applications and design, providing a competitive advantage to industry leaders of direct to consumer businesses.
 
Trends in sustainability for logistics operations Sustainability is increasingly accepted as an integral part of corporate policy. Following an overview of key strategic issues in sustainability this session will focus on cost effective supply chain initiatives from distribution center design to material handling and transportation equipment.
 
Turning facilities lean & green! Lean initiatives and going green makes dollars and sense..especially in these times! By analyzing the LEED "triple bottom line initiatives" and Lean Principles we will discuss how they can be implemented quickly to turn your manufacturing, distribution and warehousing practices into a high performance facility. We will discuss how going green and using lean initiatives compliment and often overlap each other providing facilities with a "double punch" of effectiveness to an organization's bottom line!
 
Warehouse in the cloud: Is a SaaS-based WMS right for you? You’ve heard the hype about how systems are moving to the clouds, but is it right for your mission-critical DC operations? In this seminar you’ll learn from leading supply chain consultants and architects where Software as a Service (SaaS) based warehouse management system (WMS) solutions fit best, and where they may not, as well as how this might change in the future.