{"id":11443,"date":"2023-03-31T01:03:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T01:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=11443"},"modified":"2023-03-02T13:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:04:39","slug":"werc-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/werc-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"WERC Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, recently announced its full conference program for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">WERC Annual Conference<\/a>. Featuring a theme of \u201c<em>Growth through Disruption<\/em>,\u201d this in-person event will be hosted at the Hilton Orlando in Florida, June 4-7.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">conference<\/a> provides a wealth of educational sessions that address the current concerns of WERC members, such as ongoing workforce challenges and escalating costs.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions are organized into the following tracks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People<\/li>\n<li>Processes<\/li>\n<li>Systems and data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presented in such formats as keynote, thought leader sessions, and peer-2-peer discussion sessions, these sessions offer real world examples of how to address workforce issues and improve operations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11444\" style=\"width: 1996px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11444\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1986\" height=\"1088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51.png 1986w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-400x219.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-440x241.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-650x356.png 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-593x325.png 593w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-28-at-15.02.51-694x380.png 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1986px) 100vw, 1986px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, recently announced its full conference program for the WERC Annual Conference. Featuring a theme of \u201cGrowth through Disruption,\u201d this in-person event will be hosted at the Hilton Orlando in Florida, June 4-7.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Below is a sample of some of the featured speakers who will lead sessions at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">WERC Conference<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Warehouse 911<\/em>: How to Save a Failing Operation: Led by Adri McCaskill of iPlan Global, this session instructs you how to triage your operation and restore its vitals<\/li>\n<li><em>Explore Emerging Digital Technologies<\/em>: Kristi Montgomery of Kenco Logistics Services moderates a panel offering insight into when you should invest in new technologies<\/li>\n<li><em>Ways to Better Support Workforce Mental Health<\/em>: Chris Drudy of L\u2019Oreal leads a discussion on how you can better support your workforce instead of losing them to competitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be joining together again as a warehousing community to lift and educate the industry,\u201d says Michael Mikitka, EVP for MHI Knowledge Center and WERC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">WERC Conference<\/a> has historically been a place for individuals to gather together to exchange information to solve top of mind issues that face warehousing professionals, as well as an excellent venue to network and make connections in our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To learn about becoming a sponsor, view the sponsorship options and download the prospectus.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">werc.org\/2023<\/a> and register join this valuable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.werc.org\/2023\">conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, recently announced its full conference program for the WERC Annual Conference. 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The conference provides a wealth of educational sessions that address the current&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/werc-annual-conference\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[157,106,51,62,8725,55,590,4923,8726,7309,4922,8727],"class_list":["post-11443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-logistics","tag-material-handling","tag-mhi","tag-supply-chain","tag-the-warehousing-education-and-research-council","tag-warehouse","tag-warehousing","tag-warehousing-education","tag-warehousing-education-and-research","tag-warehousing-education-and-research-council","tag-werc","tag-werc-annual-conference"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WERC Annual Conference - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/werc-annual-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WERC Annual Conference - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), a division of MHI, recently announced its full conference program for the WERC Annual Conference. 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