{"id":7565,"date":"2020-03-04T04:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T04:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=7565"},"modified":"2020-03-02T16:23:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:23:25","slug":"matthews-confirms-modex-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/matthews-confirms-modex-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthews Confirms MODEX Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, March 10, two experts from Matthews Automation Solutions<\/a> will present a free, on-show-floor educational seminar, \u201cOptimize Order Fulfillment with Collaborative Robotics\u201d at MODEX 2020, which takes place March 9-12 at Atlanta\u2019s Georgia World Congress Center.<\/p>\n

The session runs from noon to 12:45 p.m. in Theater E and is hosted by Matthews Automation Solutions<\/a>\u2019 Austin Santich, System Design Manager, and Dr. Paul Rivers, Managing Director of Guidance Automation, part of Matthews Applied Technologies Group.<\/p>\n

Rivers will draw on Guidance\u2019s 25+ years of providing robotic technologies to introduce today\u2019s state of the art autonomous solutions. This includes hardware and software advances designed to maximize intelligence, performance, safety and application flexibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe front line of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) and automatic guided vehicle (AGV) development focuses on reducing operational errors, increasing throughput and maximizing efficiency, while doing so on a scalable, adaptable platform that flexes with changing demand and requirements,\u201d shares Rivers. \u201cAMRs should further create opportunities to integrate and collaborate with proven material handling systems – and personnel – to optimize all resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Matthews\u2019 material handling automation and robotic technologies experts will be available to discuss specific order fulfillment challenges in Booth 4013.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cEarly adopter use cases of AMR installations in material handling applications are increasingly being shared, showing that these robotic solutions are proving their potential for alleviating the labor shortage while supporting and enhancing the productivity of the existing workforce,\u201d adds Santich. \u201cAs a result, many operations \u2014 particularly those in DTC and omni-channel order fulfillment \u2014 are more interested than ever in determining where within their processes collaborative robots might best fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santich continues: \u201cOur MODEX presentation will explain several ways in which the selective and incremental implementation of robotics, using a holistic systems approach, will improve throughput rates and labor productivity, with the resulting savings helping to provide a quick return on investment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, robotics can increase the agility and flexibility of an automated material handling operation, notes Rivers: \u201cCombining AGVs, AMRs and other robotic solutions allows a distribution center to more easily customize their system, yet accommodates future changes in fulfillment channels and requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The session will detail a range of application examples in which the addition of robotic solutions increases order fulfillment speed, accuracy and agility, including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n