Solving the productivity equation
Productivity Solutions Through Material Handling
An MHIA International Show and Forum
ProMat 99 Educational Forum Guide
Sponsored by: Remstar International Inc.
Ropak Materials Handling Group
By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 12/1/1998
ProMat means "Productivity Solutions through Material Handling". Another way of depicting it is P=MH2, where P=ProMat, and MH=material handling. It's your opportunity to ex-pand your knowledge base and discover ways to make your operations more productive.1- and 2-Day Workshops
Cargonomics: Building a Profitable Logistics Operation
Session #W02 Sunday, February 7
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
John Tracy, Tracy-Hayden Assoc., Inc.
Cargonomics introduces a simplified method of determining optimum size logistics networks in both supply chain and product distribution. The workshop leader will show you why global logistics is a company's key competitive weapon. How to perform a logistics audit. How to calculate your own return on logistics investment as well as total system cost and performance.
The Basics of Material Handling: Better Planning and Analysis
(Choose one session)
Session #W01 Sunday, February 7
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Session #W06 Wednesday, February 10
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Lee Hales, Richard Muther and Assoc.
This introductory workshop covers it all. Basic principles and economics of material handling. Systematic analysis. Equipment selection. Finding the cause of low utilization and poor performance. Recent developments and drivers of change.
Supply Chain Systems and Enterprise Computing
Session #W03 Monday, February 8
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Rick Bushnell, Quad II
The course leader Rick Bushnell has been directly involved with more than 30 different supply chains and the companies who've used them in an effort to drive down distribution costs. The workshop covers everything from understanding what technologies are involved to how to use ProMat to get started on your own implementation.
Material Handling System Design: Concepting Solutions and Applications
(Two-day workshop)
Session #W04 Monday, February 8
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 9
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Howard Zollinger, Zollinger Assoc., Inc.
This two-day course begins by walking you through a step-by-step process for capturing system requirements based on the voice of the customer. It will also help you understand the current material handling environment, use a conceptual planning assessment model for system design, develop a data collection strategy, evaluate the most common movement and storage systems and conduct a cost analysis of a system.
Maximizing the Benefits from Simulation
Session #W05 Wednesday, February 10
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Van Norman, AutoSimulations, Inc.
Dr. Jerry Banks, Georgia Institute of Technology
How valuable is simulation in planning and analyzing manufacturing and material handling systems? The leaders answer that question in detail. You'll learn about the basic principles of simulation, data usage, modeling of transporter and equipment breakdown, output analysis, pitfalls, how to determine when simulation is not appropriate, cost justification and how to start.
Designing for Profit- A 'Greenfield' Case Study
Session #W07
Wednesday, February 10
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Michael Hernan, ITG,
Mark Baldwin, MHB Consulting
Think how much you could learn if you were a 'fly on the wall' during the process of designing a general merchandise distribution facility. In this workshop, you get to see three different approaches to the 'Greenfield' project, ranging from very limited mechanization to full, state-of-the-art automation. Workshop leaders will help you understand all aspects of warehouse operations. Participants will receive a detailed casebook with slides, drawings and a multimedia CD.
Plenary sessions
The ProMat 99 Conference and Forum features a keynote address on Tuesday, Feb. 9 and a panel discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 10. These sessions are free to all ProMat 99 attendees.
The Quiet Revolution: Material Handling on the Threshold of the 21st Century
K1 Keynote Address Tuesday, Feb. 9
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Webster's definition of a revolution is something "designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation." In 30 years material handling has undergone a quiet revolution. Once focused primarily on storing or moving material from point A to point B, the industry now finds itself at the heart of the supply chain. Jim Allred, noted author and president of ESKAY Corporation, has played a key role on this revolution. Watch and listen as he presents compelling case studies and eye-opening statistics that show the revolution has empowered both customers and the industry itself. He will share with you his passionate message and leave you with a new awareness of how you can use the material handling revolution to transform your company.
Supply Chain...What Do You Call It?
P2 Panel Discussion Wednesday, Feb. 10 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Is it super, logistics, management, integration, or synergy? Whether you are confused by superlatives, labels, and modifiers used in different circles or if you simply want to hear different points of view on what it all means, a panel of industry leaders on both ends of the chain will debate, provoke, stimulate, and challenge your senses as to the here and now of supply chain thinking. Led by Art St. Onge, president St. Onge Co., the panel will answer these questions, and any other you wish to pose, and in so doing bring the 21st Century possibilities, as promised by many, to the realities of the tail-end of the 20th century, as practiced now by an elite few. Come to this one of a kind public forum prepared to question and challenge; leave prepared to lead.
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