Warehouse + Innovation Solutions

The Warehouse and Innovation learning tracks at IFDA Solutions cover a wide range of topics essential for optimizing warehouse operations in the foodservice industry. Attendees will gain actionable insights and strategies to improve efficiency, accuracy, safety, and profitability in warehouse operations.

Topics:

• Leveraging process mining to enhance productivity
• Evaluating and implementing the latest technologies for warehouse and distribution operations
• Modernizing distribution center processes for last-mile delivery
• Optimizing slotting strategies, integrating smart vision technology for automation
• Understanding cybersecurity threats
• Revolutionizing customer profitability analysis
• Ensuring warehouse safety and compliance with OSHA regulations

Session Highlights:

• Process Mining in Warehousing to Unlock Exponential Productivity
• Latest Practices in Picking & Storing: Ambient, Refrigerated & Frozen
• Modernizing DC Operations for Seamless Delivery
• Optimizing slotting strategies to achieve operational excellence within food distribution.
• Unlock the Potential of Vision-Based Technology in Warehouse Automation
• Building the warehouse of the future takes vision… computer vision
• Not will, but where will the Robots take over? Automating with Robots in Foodservice
• Insider’s Guide to Assessing & Justifying Warehouse Automation
• Revolutionizing Customer Profitability in Wholesale Distribution with MarginBrain

Supply Chain Solutions

The Supply Chain learning track at the conference covers a variety of topics crucial for optimizing operations in the foodservice distribution sector. Attendees will gain valuable insights and strategies to navigate complex regulatory environments, optimize profitability, and drive sustainable growth in the foodservice distribution industry.

Topics:

• Cybersecurity preparedness and incident response
• Revolutionizing customer profitability analysis with digital applications
• Leveraging managed transportation solutions to address logistical challenges
• Enhancing supply chain planning practices for regional distributors
• Understanding and complying with FDA regulations
• Implementing best practices for FSMA 204

Session Highlights:

• Staggering Cost & Opportunity of Waste in Food Supply Chains
• What Good Looks Like: Best Practices and Traceability Challenges
• Insights to Action in Supply Chain Planning
• A Day in the Life of Cybersecurity Incident Response
• Revolutionizing Customer Profitability in Wholesale Distribution with MarginBrain

Talent Development Solutions

The Talent Development learning track at the conference addresses critical issues in workforce retention and individual empowerment within the supply chain sector. Attendees will gain insights into calculating turnover costs, diagnosing causes of turnover, celebrating individual strengths, and developing EI skills for future success in a rapidly evolving workplace landscape.

Topics:

• Understanding and reducing turnover
• Empowering individuals to advocate for themselves and reach their full potential
• Blending academic rigor with real-world applications in talent management
• The importance of emotional intelligence (EI) in the era of AI

Sessions Highlights:

• Reducing Workforce Turnover: Proven Research & Approaches
• Revolutionary Leader: How to lead authentically in a world that’s set up for you to follow
• Keynote Session with Dr. Nick Bontis
• Future-proofing our leaders in the age of the AI revolution with EI (Emotional Intelligence)
• Our Experience with Teamster Organizing

Transportation Solutions

The Transportation learning track at IFDA Solutions equips participants with a deep understanding of the intricate facets of transportation management. Attendees will gain actionable insights to enhance safety, efficiency, and competitiveness in the transportation industry.

Topics:

• Implementing a comprehensive vehicle maintenance program.
• Key steps to building a thriving safety culture
• How AI is transforming the role of dash cams and other fleet safety tech
• Workforce development strategies to attract the next generation
• The transformative potential of managed transportation services in optimizing operations, reducing costs, and improving service levels
• Best Practices in final mile delivery through modernizing technology and processes
• Practical strategies for enhancing workplace relations

Session Highlights:

• Safety Shift: From Culture to Competitive Edge
• Recruiting, Retaining, and Managing Gen Z
• Best Practices in Final Mile Delivery through Modernizing Technology and Processes
• From reactive to proactive: How AI is transforming the role of dash cams and other fleet safety tech
• Navigating the Future: Leveraging Managed Transportation Solutions for Food Distributors
• Closing the Gap
• Building a World-Class Fleet Safety Program