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Material Handling Logistics Summit - Day 3 – June 28
Given the outputs of the two previous days, develop initiatives that will best position the entire industry, the four attendee categories, plus each participant for future challenges and opportunities
Day 3 began with an overview of the impacts information generated on
Day 2 and an overview of Day 3 activities. The participants then broke
out into four groups by category to identify the top ten and top three
most important initiatives that best address future challenges and opportunities.
The output of the first session was then used in a second breakout session
of mixed-category groups to consider cross-category and industry wide
initiatives based on the printed category initiatives identified in the
first breakout session of the day. Everyone reassembled as a whole group
to report their group’s cross-category lists and entertain questions
with emphasis on cross-category impacts. The summit closed with a working
panel luncheon. Each panelist provided a short opening statement about
the summit discussions, outputs and directions, followed by Q&A with
all participants.
Day 3 – 2007 Material Handling Logistics Summit Themes and Initiatives
Theme 1: Funding source to support large initiatives such as
Material Handling & Logistics research, education, innovation and
development.
2 Initiatives
Theme 2: Cross industry standards for open integration and interoperability
4 Initiatives
Theme 3: Comprehensive modeling and unified digital representation
for Material Handling & Logistics systems and solutions design.
2 Initiatives
Theme 4: Vision and roadmap for next-generation supply chains
and associated Material Handling & Logistics innovation challenges,
steering key projects.
5 Initiatives
Theme 5: Industry & academia collaboration and alignment
through internships, Web sites, events, forums and scholarships.
2 Initiatives
Theme 6: Educating, helping and informing government about Material
Handling & Logistics.
2 Initiatives
Theme 7: Worker-centric distribution center design as workplaces
of excellence.
5 Initiatives
Theme 8: Demographics evolution: Identifying and understanding
potential Material Handling & Logistics labor populations, their needs
and availability.
3 Initiatives
Theme 9: People value chain of the Material Handling & Logistics
industry; attracting, educating, recruiting, training and retaining high
quality personnel.
10 Initiatives
Theme 10: Outreach to and collaboration with other Material Handling
& Logistics and Supply Chain associations to build awareness and foster
synergies.
2 Initiatives
Theme 11: Summit sequels: steering initiatives, maintaining momentum
and going global.
4 Initiatives
Theme 12: Networking for intelligence on global trends, best
practices, market entry methods and barriers.
3 Initiatives
Theme 13: Fostering synergistic win-win industry-university research
collaboration and technology transfer.
5 Initiatives
Theme 14: Focused research and development on Material Handling
& Logistics hot topics and trends.
3 Initiatives