What a Modex 2022! Record-setting attendance, fantastic new technology, and the best part, getting all our #SupplyChainGeeks back together in-person!
While most of the exhibit hall was dedicated to new technology, we took a different approach. Since we believe in a Process— People—then Technology approach, we decided to seek advice and feedback directly from the Modex crowds. So, we built a custom whiteboard into our booth to bring our community together.
After all, operations across market sectors are facing similar challenges with labor, security, and a need to meet growing demand. Let’s now look at some of our whiteboard research. I’m sure you’ll be shaking your head in agreement as you read!
For our booth visitors, this question was a challenge. It’s often difficult to come up with solutions—it’s much easier to identify problems (as we saw on day 2)!
Process is always king for operations and IT professionals. The largest percentage of our day 1 answers could be considered solutions that focus on process improvement.
At Modex 2022, part of these answers included:
While about 29% of our answers fell into the “people” category, we still see this as the number one place of focus for companies this year and next. Just take a look at the news to see how vital employee experience and retention is.
At Barcoding, we believe customers MUST prioritize employee experience in order to achieve long-term growth.
At Modex 2022, part of the answers in this category included:
While the Modex floor was full of technology and automation solutions, when we asked Modex visitors how they would improve their operations, these technology-based solutions only made up about 19% of our total answers. Technology is the tool to improve processes and worker experience—not the leading source of change.
At Modex 2022, part of the answers in this category included:
This question was our most popular at Modex. It’s always easier to identify challenges than it is to come up with the right solutions!
The top four answers from Modex 2022 were either current events (supply chain shortages) or labor-related. As we mentioned, how companies deal with labor constraints will separate the winners from the losers.
Raw answers from Modex employees in terms of the pain they’re feeling. Notice how many times the word labor comes up again when we ask about what challenges they’d like to see disappear.
This was a fun question to close out our show because it coincided with Student Days on the show floor. While we didn’t get a great volume of responses, what we saw was not a surprise:
Here at Barcoding, we believe in PPT. We believe no one element surpasses the others and are always striving to improve all 3 for ourselves and our customers. Remember, you don’t have to walk this path alone! We’re here to help, so reach out and let’s chat.