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ShowProDX COVID-19 has disrupted business and supply chains worldwide. ProMat 2021, the supply chain industry’s premier opportunity for face-to-face business interaction, has been cancelled. Your company’s quest to find new business and strengthen relationships with existing customers can never stop. That is why MHI’s new ProMat Digital Experience, ProMatDX, will be a crucial resource to discover new business. Today’s supply chain industry professionals are not only looking for solutions, they are in search of partners to help them navigate these uncharted waters. The world relies on the material handling and supply chain industry to get things where they need to be. As the authoritative resource for material handling, ProMatDX will provide sponsors with a unique opportunity to tell your story to practitioners looking for solutions that will streamline supply chain operations. Obtaining meaningful facetime with your customers and prospects in 2021 is harder to do than ever before. But conditions that are out of your control should not diminish the importance of filling your sales pipeline. Reaching potential buyers is even more important during tough times. Expectations will need to be reimagined and total team effort will be more important than ever. ProMatDX is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for marketing, business development, sales, leadership and ownership to leverage a digital experience that combines storytelling using the power of AI with MHI’s vast industry reach. ShowProDX will deliver sponsors the knowledge and content to help maximize your investment in ProMatDX.
KEYNOTES MONDAY, APRIL 12 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
TUESDAY, APRIL 13 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
Transformation in Action: Introducing The 2021 MHI Innovation Award Winners
Beyond COVID-19: Building Supply Chain Resilience Is the Key To Recovery and Preparing for Future Disruption
Join MHI CEO John Paxton as he introduces the winners of the 2021 MHI Innovation Awards for best new innovation, best IT innovation and best innovation of an existing product. During this keynote, you will learn about these innovative solutions and how they can power up and innovate your supply chain. Moderator: John Paxton, CEO, MHI
Join American Logistics Aid Network’s Kathy Fulton as she and a panel of supply chain and disaster response thought leaders explore lessons learned from the pandemic and how building long-term resiliency into supply chain and logistics operations will be key to adapting and recovering when future disruption or disaster strikes. Moderator: Kathy Fulton, Executive Director, American Logistics Aid Network
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT THURSDAY, APRIL 15 • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT 2021 MHI Annual Industry Report Preview Innovation Driven Resilience: How technology helps supply chains respond, recover and thrive even amid disruption This is your opportunity to be the first to have access to this new report on the supply chain trends and technologies that are transforming supply chains. Thomas Boykin of Deloitte will join MHI CEO John Paxton in presenting the report findings. They will be joined by a panel of manufacturing and supply chain thought leaders to discuss the real-world significance of the report findings. Moderators: John Paxton, CEO, MHI and Thomas Boykin, Supply Chain Specialist Leader, Deloitte
Women in Supply Chain: Delivering Proven Success Strategies During this keynote, you’ll learn how strong supply chains are built upon resiliency. A panel of women supply chain leaders will share their career experiences and how they successfully implemented, measured and showcased operational success and sometimes challenged the status quo. Get inspired, come away with techniques and ideas to take into action in your operations to develop the supply chain resiliency necessary in today’s world. Moderator: Sheila Benny, President - Optricity Corporation
Panelists: Panelists: Randy V. Bradley, Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, Haslam College of Business, The University of Tennessee Annette Danek-Akey, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, Penguin Random House
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