AMHSA Training Event - Warehouse System Design Workshop

The art of automated material handling system design - Getting it right! A masterclass presented by Logistex. The art of automated material handling system design – Get It Right! Presented by AMHSA member company Logistex’s, Martin Elliott, this event aims to offer a guide to planning the automation of supply chains ensuring functionality, resilience, accuracy and futureproofing, ensuring many years profitability and cost saving. Logistex Established over 70 years ago Logistex are one of the UK’s leading automation solution providers boasting clients such as Superdrug, Coca Cola, Britvic, John Lewis, DHL and B&Q, to name but a few, operating in the food & beverage, retail fashion, healthcare and cosmetic and retail & wholesale sectors. Employing more than 300 people from their base in Northamptonshire the business became an employee owned trust back in 2018. Having designed, developed and manufactured various materials handling products including electrical vehicles/trucks including VNA, automated stacker cranes and conveyors they are ideally placed to identify and specify the most appropriate solutions and equipment for a client's requirements. Following major successes integrating solutions, based on bought in solutions from other materials handling manufacturers for over a quarter of a century, today the business thrives on offering their exemplary services gained from from the additional skills in the implementation of robotics, sortation, picking solutions, AGV’s and carousels technologies. Delivering manufactured technological solutions, and designing software and engineering support services to the market, has delivered a degree of celebrated success, endorsed by countless industry awards. Martin Elliott – Group Solutions Manager With over 40 years in the industry, Martin has witnessed many industry advancements and the introduction of many new technologies and knows, with hands on experience, the capabilities, flexibilities and limitations that products and equipment can withstand in order to deliver performace driven objectives. Working in several sectors as a solutions engineer before taking on more senior roles, Martin has designed, installed, project managed and overseen hundreds of systems during his career, many of which are still functioning as the beating heart of some customers’ automated supply chains today. Summary This event aims to examine the requirements to consider when beginning an automation journey and adapting your supply chain. The impacts of these decisions can impact on your business and mean the difference between market share growth or put simply “stagnation” and possibly decline. When considering automation options the best business partnerships will perform critical analyses and identify effective and efficient solutions and programmes to aid development and future growth whilst protecting the solution with resilient futureproofing. Alternatively, honest professional solutions providers and consultants may advise against major turn key solutions for the sake of it, and suggest more cost effective automation elements better suited to the business requirements. Logistex will take you on the journey and will cover topics including · Warehouses – purpose, function, practicalities · Order structures – · Picking Methodologies – technology types · Solution Designs – Who should attend? This event is ideal for existing automation staff with particular specialisms or anybody who has recently joined a role in the automation industry wanting to grasp an holistic appreciation of system design, seeking to widen their experience . Business leaders and end users considering or seeking automation in their supply chains and others seeking to learn about the automation industry, in order to promote the technological and scientific and more traditional disciplines employment opportunities that exist within this industry would also find this event of benefit. What to bring This event will present some small challenges in the form of quizzes and exercises. Therefore, delegates are required to bring a lap top computer. In addition there will be ample opportunities for networking discussions so be sure to bring your business cards and a healthy appetite for conversation. What to expect Delegates attending this event should expect to leave with a wider understanding of the considerations to make when planning to automate your business supply chain. You will leave this event with an appreciation of the important questions to ask in the client / supplier relationship and the key determining factors that will shape your solution in order to ensure success. Suitable breaks will allow delegates networking opportunities and to chat with other attendees over a ta or coffee. Lunch will be provided. Please be sure to indicate any dietary requirements. AMHSA and Logistex reserves the right to refuse entry to the event to anybody they consider they believe may compromise commercial sensitivities. All visitors to the event may be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement or conform with local rules before entering the hosts’ premises. No correspondence will be entered into with either the hosts, presenters or organisers in relation to decisions made in relation access. Please contact the AMHSA Secretariat team prior to registering if you have any doubts surrounding the validity of your attendance.