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Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas - September 16-17, 2026

Logistics & Strategy Theater

DALLAS-WEB-HEAD

Logistics & Strategy Theater

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10:00
  1. 20 mins
    • The decisions shaping cost, service and emissions this year
    • How to prioritize transformation initiatives without creating program sprawl
    • What ‘good’ looks like across network, people and technology
10:20
  1. 20 mins
    • ZimarkWhere most warehouses are overspending – and what it's actually costing you
    • Why there's warehouse tech everywhere right now, but not all of it is right for your facility
    • A practical way to weigh cost against value before you buy any piece of technology
10:40
  1. 20 mins
    • Understand why traditional WMS-driven, store-by-store pallet picking is holding operations back
    • Learn how voice-directed workflows enable accurate, scalable multi-pallet picking in complex environments
    • Explore how the solution reduces travel by 15-30%, increases throughput, and unlocks productivity without adding infrastructureLucas
11:00
  1. 20 mins
    • Learn how voice picking supports faster onboarding by guiding workers through tasks with intuitive, natural speech interaction

    • Understand how voice strengthens communication through multilingual system interaction and real-time live translation capabilities

    • Explore how gamification increases engagement by bringing feedback, motivation, and performance visibility directly into daily workflowsEPG

11:20
  1. 20 mins
    • ExotecThe imperative for automation: learn what drove First Supply to embrace automation in its new facility
    • The strategy behind omnichannel fulfillment: discover how high-density storage, dynamic picking, and modular components let branch replenishment and e-commerce flows run through a single warehouse

    • The value of flexible automation: hear firsthand how the deployment impacted operations, enabling next-day delivery with late order cutoffs and 4x growth capacity within the existing system

11:40
  1. 20 mins
    • NavflexCut through the hype to understand when robots can truly learn, adapt, and deliver ROI in real-world operations
    • Explore the convergence of AI, robotics, and real-world execution and what it means for warehouses and logistics
    • Rethink automation in terms of safety, scalability, workforce impact, and measurable business value
12:00
  1. 20 mins
    • Lucid MotorsFrom reactive to resilient: how to shift your procurement team from crisis management to proactive risk scoring across a global supplier network 
    • A practical framework for managing multi-country EV supply chains without losing visibility: balancing buffer stock, air freight, and supplier qualification under production pressure
    • Why dual sourcing must be triggered by risk score, not by crisis – and how AI-driven supplier evaluation can get you ahead of disruptions by 9-12 months
13:00
  1. 20 mins
    • HPBest practices for transitioning a supply chain from a highly Asia concentrated footprint, to a diverse network with robust USCMA 
    • Scenario planning of dynamic tariffs in a turbulent environment
    • P&L and Inventory/Cash planning and impact through this phased roadmap
13:20
  1. 20 mins
    • BalyoMaster vertical precision: the engineering reality of autonomous high-reach placement, navigation, and rack-level verification at height

    • Protect facility infrastructure: how autonomous reach trucks dramatically reduce rack upright damage, product loss, and costly safety incidents in narrow aisles

    • Smart solutions design: practical layout strategies to maximize space in existing operations and optimize greenfield expansions for autonomous VNA and reach fleets with zero operational downtime

13:40
  1. 20 mins
14:40
  1. 20 mins
    • Design rules for automated handling and sortation
    • Reducing void fill, corrugated material and damage claims
    • How packaging decisions affect throughput and returns
15:00
  1. 20 mins
    • Turning status data into proactive service
    • Exception management that protects margin and customer trust
    • What good KPI governance looks like
15:20
  1. 20 mins
    • Rolling out best practice without crushing local flexibility
    • Operating cadence: how high-performing networks run performance weekly
    • What to automate, what to standardize, what to leave alone
15:40
  1. 20 mins
    • Managing peaks without breaking service
    • Reducing errors at speed: quality gates and exception handling
    • Changes teams would repeat and the ones they wouldn’t
10:00
  1. 20 mins
    • RedstoneGreat leaders are developed, not found
    • Growth happens when employees are given ownership
    • A culture of learning creates long-term success

10:20
  1. 20 mins
    • Nalios & OdooHow Odoo unifies warehouse and supply chain operations in one system
    • What Odoo can actually do, seen live
    • What a successful Odoo rollout really takes
10:40
  1. 20 mins
    • Schneider ElectricIdentifying inefficiencies across warehouse operations

    • Aligning software, workflows and labour strategies

    • Driving measurable gains in productivity and accuracy

11:00
  1. 20 mins
11:20
  1. 40 mins
    • Understand the current state of commercial drone delivery operations and deployment in North Texas
    • Learn what infrastructure, regulatory, and community considerations are needed to support continued growth
    • Hear how industry leaders expect unmanned aviation to transform logistics and delivery networks over the next 10 to 15 years
12:00
  1. 20 mins
    • CILTWhere integration breaks and how to design around it
    • Master data and event flows that matter most
    • How to phase change without disrupting operations
13:00
  1. 20 mins
    • Reducing touches and cycle time in returns processing
    • Using data to improve product and packaging decisions upstream
    • Improving recovery rate while keeping costs contained
13:20
  1. 40 mins
    • How teams built the business case and defended it
    • Change management realities: adoption, training and process discipline
    • Pitfalls that blow up timelines and fixes that saved them
14:00
  1. 20 mins
14:20
  1. 20 mins
    • Using execution data to improve forecasts and replenishment decisions
    • Exception-led management: fewer meetings, faster interventions
    • Keeping inventory lean without hurting service
14:40
  1. 20 mins
    • Practical steps to improve partner data quality and timeliness
    • What to standardize and what to keep flexible
    • Making collaboration measurable: fewer exceptions, faster resolution