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Warehouse in the News ProMat 2017 Show Wrap Up: Over 350,000 square feet of expo space featured Newsroom Notes: Is the era of high inventories behind us? Future of WMS mapped out in Oracle Forecast Is Your Logistics Strategy Keeping Pace with Your Manufacturing Efficiency? Finding Agility in your Workforce: Are you prepared to meet the next market shift? More Warehouse News Is Your Logistics Strategy Keeping Pace with Your Manufacturing Efficiency? U.S. manufacturers continue to invest in world-class technology and innovation, as a growing number of businesses choose to expand U.S.-based production — or return manufacturing from Asia. All Resources Standing in front of a crowd of attendees and exhibitors, MHI president Gregg Goodner welcomed everyone to ProMat 2017 , which took place April 3-6 at McCormick Place in Chicago. This year’s conference theme was “Solve for X,” meaning the exact place where companies come to find their “X,” or that unknown quantity that will take their supply chain to the next level of success. “This is the largest show we’ve ever had,” said Goodner, pointing out that ProMat continues to hold its ranking as the biggest industrial and supply chain expo in North and South America. For the first time, ProMat was spread across two show floors at McCormick Place; and the show was once again co-located with Automate. Catherine Morris of the Association for Advancing Automation also welcomed everyone to the conference and invited attendees to check out the many different “expert huddle” opportunities at Automate. “This is also our largest show,” said Morris, “and a very important event for our industry.” At ProMat 2017, more than 950 exhibitors from industry, commerce and government displayed their supply chain solutions and innovations. The event also featured 100 educational sessions that brought together leading experts from the industry […]