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Robotics & Automation Show
Exhibiting Companies
Educational Seminars
Past Attendees
2007 Robotics & Automation Show
Speaker Abstracts

10:30 a.m. Keith Shipman, National Sales Manager, Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products
Mezzanine Material Alternatives – Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products designs and manufactures ResinDek mezzanine flooring panels for distribution centers, industrial work platforms, and pick modules around the World. ResinDek panels are available with Gray Diamond Seal, ESD, Clear Diamond Seal and unfinished. ResinDek is available in LD up to 2,000 lbs, MD up to 3,000 lbs, HD up to 4,500 lbs, ResinDek Xspan bears loads up to 2,300 lbs and requires no corrugated. We also provide cut to size panels for shelving, lumber supports and slave pallets. All ResinDek products come with our exclusive 7 year product warranty.

11:00 a.m.  Mike Stone, Senior Project Engineer, Haworth, Inc.
– AGV Case Study & Q&A 

11:30 a.m.  Ben Outwater, Control Systems Engineer, Blesco, Inc.
Think Spring! Case Study of Boscov's Department Stores Order Picking Software

12:00 p.m.  Jim Cooper, Account Manager, Distribution Network, FANUC Robotics
Save Your Factory Initiative – Save Your Factory is an initiative that encourages manufacturers to utilize available innovation and productivity enhancing technology like robots and automation to continue operation in North America vs. offshoring.

12:30 p.m.  Bob Goonan, Corporate Director of Logistics, Boscov's Department Stores
– Addressing Non-Conveyable Freight Received and Processed Through the DC

1:00 p.m.  Troy Shumaker, CFO, Walters Gardens
– Case Study & ROI Analysis of UPS Shipping System  

1:30 p.m.  RF IDentics
– Guest speaker will be Gary Burns
– Introduction of RF IDentics and Avery

2:00 p.m.  Mark Young, Director, Lean Six Sigma, Supply Chain Solutions
– A Case Study: Utilizing Lean Tools to Unlock Value in Your Supply Chain  

2:30 p.m. Kenric Van Wyk, President, Acoustics by Design
– OSHA Hearing Conservation Plan and How It Affects Your Factory Workers
 - Engineering Noise Control – How Does It Really Work? 

3:00 p.m.  Danny Ballas, Great Lakes Regional Manager, Datalogic
– 2-D vs. 1-D Barcodes in Manufacturing Environments 

3:30 p.m.  Dave Martin, Vice President, DC Martin
The New Dimension of Weight – Parcel carriers have developed a system to ensure they are getting paid properly for the space packages actually take on their trucks and airplanes.  Therefore, items that are light and bulky actually cost more to ship than items that are smaller and denser. Parcel shippers have been charging their customers this way for years on air shipments. It is now being introduced to ground shipments as well. Effective in 2007, UPS Ground, FedEx Ground, DHL, and USPS have announced they will be replacing their current oversize rates with a new rate calculation based on dimensional weight. What is this calculation, how can it affect your total spend in shipping, and how can you avoid absorbing the expenses associated with hidden back charges?