Maximize Productivity and Minimize Cost with AS/RS Solutions
Thursday, March 28, 2024
2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
1 hour
There are more options than ever before to address your ever-changing fulfillment demands. Unfortunately, no single solution is the ideal fit for all operations types.
Art Eldred, VP & Chief Growth Officer at VARGO, offers more than 25 years of field experience advising clients on a wide array of fulfillment solutions.
Join Art Eldred and David Scheffrahn, VP, Sales with Oracdo Intelligent Automation, as they share insights into what considerations to make to determine whether an AS/RS solution is the right fit–now and in the future–for their operations.
Attendees will learn about:
- Top technology and business challenges
- Key metrics and ROI
- Lessons learned
- Next Steps
Speakers:
Art Eldred
VP & Chief Growth Officer, VARGO
Art is a trusted and experienced leader who manages teams of consultants, mechanical, controls and software engineers at Vargo. His extensive knowledge of material handling technologies and applying them to larger end to end solutions integrated with software allows him to bring solutions to life that are highly successful and frequently replicated.
Many c-level supply chain executives consult with Art on a routine basis regarding best practices, new technologies and software integration. Art's designs are constantly being recognized for their benefits to his clients and are often featured in trade publications and trade conferences. Robust, speed, efficiency and simplicity are often the themes of his client's feedback.
Art offers more than 30 years of leadership and material handling experience with companies such as Unarco Automation, Intelligrated (FKI Logistex), Dematic and DHL/Exel. Some customers of significance include Target, Gap Inc, Walmart, Sysco Foods, Exel, Family Dollar, Limited Brands and Toys-R-Us.
David Scheffrahn
VP, Sales, Ocado Intelligent Automation
A 25-year veteran of the high tech automation industry, David Scheffrahn spent the first half of his career selling robotic solutions to the world’s leading semiconductor, electronics, and automotive manufactures. Since 2012 he has been involved with some of the most interesting startups focussing on e-commerce intralogistics, working for Rethink Robotics, Seegrid, Plus One Robotics, and Dexterity.
In his current role, David is the North American Vice President of Sales for Ocado Intelligent Automation.“I am so excited to be part of what Ocado is doing. In many of my previous roles, I was helping some of the world’s leading e-commerce companies and parcel shippers provide their services to more people in the most efficient manner. At Ocado, we get to fundamentally change the way our customers do business. Being part of a startup in the context of an established company like Ocado is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity for me.”
Host: David Maloney
Group Editorial Director, DC Velocity and Supply Chain Xchange
David Maloney is the editorial director of DC Velocity and Supply Chain Xchange. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years and has been with DC Velocity since April of 2004. Prior to joining DCV, David was senior editor for Modern Materials Handling, where he reported on distribution and supply chain operations.
David also has extensive experience as a broadcast journalist. Before writing for supply chain publications, he was a journalist, television producer and director in Pittsburgh. David combines a background of reporting on logistics with his video production experience to bring new opportunities to DC Velocity readers, including Web-based videos highlighting top distribution and logistics facilities, Webcasts and other cross-media projects. David continues to live and work in the Pittsburgh area.