10:00
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20 mins
- How to size automation to your SKU profile, labor reality and service promise
- Where operators over-automate or under-automate
- A simple framework for sequencing investment
10:20
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20 mins
- What to share, what not to share and how to govern it
- Security patterns for multi-party visibility and control towers
- Avoiding ‘integration spaghetti’ across partners
10:40
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20 mins
- Turning condition monitoring into real interventions
- Reducing unplanned downtime without over-maintaining assets
- What ROI looks like and how to measure it
11:00
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20 mins
- How simulation supports layout and process decisions
- What data you actually need to build useful models
- Common mistakes and how to avoid them
11:20
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20 mins
- Design principles for high-throughput smalls and mixed profiles
- Flexibility vs efficiency: where to standardize and where to stay modular
- Designing for peak without designing for waste
11:40
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-20 mins
12:00
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20 mins
- Designing traffic, zones and handoffs for people and robots
- Measuring performance: pick rates, travel reduction and exception rates
- Integration realities: WMS/WES triggers and site change management
12:20
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40 mins
- What makes automation programs succeed or fail after the pilot
- Integration patterns that avoid downtime and rework
- How operators measure payback in the real world
13:00
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40 mins
13:40
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20 mins
- How teams set up safe mixed-traffic operations
- Training, signage and process controls that reduce near-misses
- What to review before go-live: layouts, guarding and emergency procedures
14:00
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20 mins
- Use cases delivering measurable value today
- Designing exception workflows so vision improves outcomes
- Deployment considerations: lighting, placement and integration
14:20
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20 mins
- Adding robotics around legacy conveyors and pick modules
- Interoperability basics: APIs, events and orchestration signals
- Cutover planning and risk management
14:40
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20 mins
15:00
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20 mins
- Deciding what belongs in WMS vs WES vs controls
- Real-time exception handling and wave management
- Avoiding brittle point-to-point integrations
15:20
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20 mins
- Threat models specific to OT and connected automation
- Hardening sites without stalling delivery
- Incident response basics for warehouse ops teams
15:40
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20 mins
- Designing systems that adapt as volume, SKUs and layout change
- Avoiding lock-in and future-proofing upgrade paths
- Combining mechanization and robotics for resilience
16:00
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20 mins
- Questions buyers should ask about integration, support and upgrade paths
- What to test in demos and site visits to avoid surprises
- Comparing solutions on outcomes, not features
10:00
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20 mins
- What changes in supervision, escalation and exception handling as automation scales
- Ergonomics, safety and trust: designing workflows people will use
- Reducing the ‘hidden labor’ created by automation
10:20
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20 mins
- Testing automation scenarios before committing investment
- Which assumptions matter most and how to validate them
- Using simulation to support executive decisions
10:40
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20 mins
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Coordinating robotics, picking and material handling
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Improving real-time decision-making on the warehouse floor
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Enabling scalable, high-performance fulfilment
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11:00
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20 mins
11:40
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20 mins
- Avoiding black-box recommendations planners reject
- Using execution outcomes to improve forecast performance
- Governance basics for AI in planning
12:00
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20 mins
- Asset tracking and location intelligence that reduces wasted time
- Event streams that power exception management
- Where IoT projects fail and how to keep them focused
12:20
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20 mins
- Skills planning for technicians, supervisors and ‘robot wranglers’
- Practical training models that work on shift schedules
- How to reduce friction and improve retention
12:40
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40 mins
13:20
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20 mins
- Cutting failed deliveries and re-delivery costs
- Dynamic routing and capacity decisions based on real constraints
- Making tracking proactive, not reactive
13:40
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20 mins
- What to standardize (and what not to) across the stack
- Designing for change: replacing components without breaking everything
- Integration patterns that scale across multiple sites
14:00
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20 mins
- Where throughput gets lost: induction, merges, recirculation and jam points
- Balancing speed, accuracy and maintainability as SKU mix changes
- What to consider when upgrading: scanners, controls, layout and operating practices
14:20
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20 mins
14:40
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20 mins
- Reducing mis-picks, mis-shipments and damage at high throughput
- Designing exception flows and quality gates that scale
- Practical deployment: placement, lighting and integration
15:00
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20 mins
- Where micro-fulfillment improves service and where it adds cost
- Designing for fast replenishment and high variability
- Getting the operating model right for distributed nodes
15:20
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20 mins
- Boosting pick productivity without locking into fixed infrastructure
- Managing traffic and congestion in mixed fleets
- Measuring success beyond ‘robots deployed’