The great American warehouse building boom is over.
MODEX 2024 takes place March 11-14, 2024, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The show brings together the entire industry to provide end-to-end solutions for supply chain operations. Over 1,175 of the leading manufacturing and supply chain suppliers will be exhibiting their solutions, which include traditional equipment to sustainability to workforce to automation, robotics, and emerging tech. With so many exhibitors, sessions, and attendees, we thought we’d give you some guidance on how to navigate the exhibit floor.
According to the MODEX exhibitor brochures, the buying needs of attendees includes:
- 68% are looking for order picking, fulfillment, & ecommerce delivery
- 51% – packaging, manifest, labeling, shipping, weighing, and cubing.
- 51% – robotics
- 58% – automation equipment
- 80% – computer software
- 61% – 3PL and transportation services
The Exhibitor floor is broken down into five function-specific solutions centers that include:
- Manufacturing & assembly
- Information technology
- Fulfillment & delivery
- Transportation & logistics
- Emerging technologies
There is a MODEX app you can download here to help you navigate the floor. My Show Planner helps you to create your own customized schedule so you know where to go, which seminars to attend, and what exhibitors to see.
Speaking Sessions
A panel of supply chain executives from Chick-fil-A, Deloitte, MHI, Cook Medical, Cintas, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, will preview the 2024 MHI Annual Industry Report. Another panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities ports are facing in implementing emerging tech and digital platforms.
Actor, Jeremy Renner, will present a keynote, “The Heart of an Avenger: A Conversation with Jeremy Renner.” Renner will share his story as a superhero both on and off the screen as he tells Avenger tales and describes his miraculous recovery from a near-fatal snowplow accident that occurred while saving his nephew from the same fate. He will also discuss how, during his recovery, he launched the series Rennervations where he gives back by overhauling decommissioned public buses and trucks into custom-built vehicles for children’s charities. There are four other keynote presentations from UPS, MHI, and others.
Session Tracks
There are over 200 expert-led seminars covering a broad range of supply chain, material handling, and logistics topics. Click on the links below to view the various seminars listed by date and time.
Automation & Robotics
Distribution & Warehousing
Ecommerce Fulfillment & Last Mile Logistics
Emerging Supply Chain Trends & Technology
Manufacturing Planning & Sourcing
Risk Mitigation & Resilience Planning
Sustainability & Alternative Energy
Transportation & Logistics
Workforce & Labor
We will be walking the conference floor to meet with prospective customers and potential partners. We are always looking for best-in-class solutions to offer our customers to help them grow their business and optimize their supply chains. If you will be there, and want to meet up, please contact Mary Schmidt at mschmidt@nexterus.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
