Deloitte Smart Factory

The growing regulatory pressures and environmental concerns demand innovative strategies for reducing wastes and costs in supply chains.

During the visit to the Smart Factory in Montreal, we will examine how integrating circular economy principles can improve supply chain sustainability by addressing the following questions:

• What challenges do industries currently face regarding packaging and tracking goods?

• How will existing and future regulations influence companies' actions?

• What technologies are available to address these current challenges?

Why Attend?

By showcasing practical examples at the facility, we will explore existing market solutions, including right-sizing, alternatives to plastic bagging and plastic reduction, advanced tracking through RFID, and automated solutions to enhance reverse logistics.

Visitors will be guided through various tour-stations sharing innovations that are relevant to circular economy and sustainability.  These stations will allow the tour participants to learn more about these technologies, how they are currently used today, and how they can help different industries reduce their overall GHG emissions.

Some of the technologies presented will be:

• Right-sizing for box creation

• Material wrapping and bagging, reducing plastic usage

• Passive RFID for item identification

• AS/RS systems for storage and picking operations

• Robotic unit picking using vision systems

• Automated Mobile Robots

• And a few more…

The tour will then move to the stage area where we will go into more details about right-sizing and RFID that we think are the most relevant regarding circular economy.  

Finally, we will have a real-life practical example from a local company that introduced circularity principles in their supply chain. 

YUL Airport Drop-off

Due to Smart Factory’s proximity to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL), the coach bus will make a quick drop-off stop at the airport after the tour and before returning downtown to the hotel.  This planned airport stop is for the convenience of those delegates leaving from Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on the afternoon of Thursday, April 17th.  Any luggage will remain secured in the storage compartment of the coach bus during the tour of the Smart Factory.

Note: Airport drop off will be considered based on level of demand. Please indicate your interest during registration.

Itinerary: 

• 8:30: Tour departs from the lobby of the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth

• 8:30-9:30: Transport

• 9:30-12:00: Smart Factory Tour

• 12:00-12:15: Transport to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

• 12:15-13:00: Transport back to the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth

• 13:00: Return at Fairmont Queen Elizabeth

Capacity: 48 people max.

Cost: $25

What to bring: Wear comfortable, closed-toed shoes. Please bring your own reusable water bottle.

PLEASE NOTE LUNCH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR.

Site Tours are booked on a first-come, first serve basis. However, preference will be given to delegates attending CCES 2025.