After receiving 92 submissions for this year’s awards, eight independent judges completed the initial vetting process. Ten finalists were 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. Winners to be announced during an April 12 keynote at ProMatDX.

The DC Velocity Show Guide provides you with critical information as you plan your visit to ProMatDX—April 12-16 at promatshow.com. 

With the theme of “Power Up,” ProMatDX 2021 will take place in April in a fully virtual format that showcases the latest solutions that supply chain professionals need to improve the resiliency and agility of their operations.

Where does the robotics industry stand today? Which technologies are attracting the most interest? What does the future hold? Learn from some experts speaking in DC Velocity's Robotics & Automation sessions during ProMatDX.

John Paxton, chief executive officer at MHI, talked with Modern Materials Handling, LM's sister publication, about the upcoming virtual ProMatDX show.

While some equipment category plans were a bit off from last year, this year’s respondents appear ready to invest in solutions that will help them get orders out the door quickly and more accurately—a silver lining indeed.

MHI will preview the 2021 Annual Industry Report, "Innovation Driven Resilience" during the April 14 keynote during ProMatDX. During the keynote, Thomas Boykin of Deloitte will join John Paxton, CEO of MHI, to present the findings of the 2021 report that details the innovations that are driving this change from traditional to digital supply chains. They will be joined by a panel of manufacturing and supply chain professionals to discuss the real-world significance of the report findings.

ProMatDX—the industry’s premier digital supply chain experience—will include over 100 education and four keynote sessions from leading experts in the supply chain and material handling industry to give you the latest information on manufacturing and supply chain trends, technologies and innovations. The event takes place April 12-16 and will feature keynotes the first four days from 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. CT.

If you’re a woman working in material handling and supply chain, we commend you for all of your hard work and contributions to such an important industry. To help further support women working in our industry, MHI is powering keynote, Women in Supply Chain: Delivering Proven Success Strategies, at ProMatDX on April 15. During this keynote, you’ll hear from a panel of women supply chain leaders who will share their career experiences and how they successfully implemented, measured and showcased operational success and sometimes challenged the status quo.

MHI Industry Groups will hold seven sessions during ProMatDX:
• Determining What ASRS Solution Is Best for My Application
• Planning Your Rack System—Traditional and E-Commerce
• Game-Changing Mobile Automation Applications
• The Latest & Greatest Products & Services @ProMatDX in 25 Minutes
• ASRS of MHI Presents: How to Calculate ASRS/ROI: Key Metrics that Often Get Overlooked
• Storage Rack Safety 101
• Virtual Visualization, Simulation and Analysis… A Critical Component of Automating Your Warehouse

Supply chain solutions are more critical to business success than ever before. In this video, learn now to keep up with increasing customer demands and competitive pressures at ProMatDX.

This how-to video shows you how to navigate the ProMatDX platform and Grip Matchmaking tool to maximize and personalize your ProMatDX experience to power up your supply chain.

ProMatDX sponsors have developed a series of videos to describe the solutions they will be showing at ProMatDX and why you should give them at least a minute of your time to see how they can power up your operations.