Join your peers for this interactive event to address common issues faced by women in the supply chain today. The event will include a workshop by Judy Hoberman titled "Equal Not Identical" on female leadership styles and what women can do to become better leaders.
During the April 5 keynote, Scott Sopher, the principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP’s supply chain practice, will join MHI CEO George Prest and leaders from Walmart, UPS, Albertsons, U.S. Cellular, Upskill and the University of Tennessee to present the findings of the 2017 report detailing the nine innovations that are driving the change from traditional to digital supply chains.
Finalists were recently chosen as the most innovative products in each category: Best New Innovation; Best Innovation of an Existing Product; and Best IT Innovation based on concept, value and impact. View the innovations of the finalists and all 153 innovations submitted by ProMat exhibitors.
Dun & Bradstreet donated $20,000 dollars to Guilford County Schools with $10,000 going straight to the Western Guilford’s logistics class. With this donation, six students are able to attend Student Days at ProMat 2017 where they will have the opportunity to learn about the logistics industry first-hand.
Industry 4.0 is the manufacturing and supply chain trend toward greater interconnectivity between automated equipment through data exchange to support intelligent, autonomous decision-making. As markets demand not only efficiency, but agility and flexibility, these digital supply chain solutions are key. ProMat keynote speaker Markus Lorenz of BCG will discuss this important trend on April 4.
On April 3, Andrew Winston will lead a panel of supply chain and sustainability experts during the ProMat keynote titled "Building Sustainability for Competitive Advantage: Lessons learned from supply chain leaders." Learn first-hand how leading brands like REI, UPS and Boeing have successfully incorporated environmentally sound practices into their facility design to improve efficiency, slash risks and costs and drive innovation.
If there’s one theme to Magic Johnson’s career, it’s to see the opportunity that others have ignored, particularly in urban communities. According to Johnson, you have to look like America looks, keep up with changing demographics and know your customer or you will miss out on opportunities. Johnson is the featured keynote on April 5 at ProMat 2017 in Chicago. Here are 11 amazing facts about the ProMat 2017 keynote speaker.
This year at ProMat 2017, MHI is introducing a seminar theater dedicated to autonomous vehicle solutions located in the North Hall of McCormick Place. Get session details.