Maintec 2026 Seminar: How to Protect Your Warehouse Automation Investment

Key details

Session: How to Protect Your Warehouse Automation Investment
Date: Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Time: 10:30AM–10:50AM
Location: Maintenance Stage
Event: Maintec 2026, part of Smart Manufacturing Week
Venue: NEC Birmingham
Service Geeni stand: J30

Join our seminar at Maintec 2026

As part of the Maintec 2026 agenda, Service Geeni’s Adrian Clark will be joined by Ebb Kretschmer for a seminar focused on how to protect your warehouse automation investment.

Warehouse automation is a major investment for any business. When it works well, it can improve productivity, consistency and operational performance. But when maintenance processes, ownership and data discipline are not properly aligned, even the most advanced automated systems can underperform.

This session will explore some of the common maintenance mistakes that automation owners do not always see until they begin to affect uptime, throughput and operational confidence.

Why warehouse automation needs the right maintenance approach

Automated warehouse systems are becoming more intelligent, more connected and more critical to day-to-day operations. But with this increased complexity comes a greater need for structure, consistency and proactive maintenance planning.

Poorly managed maintenance can lead to recurring faults, avoidable downtime, increased reactive costs and reduced confidence between engineering and operations teams. Protecting automation performance is not just about the technology itself; it is about making sure the right processes, people and systems are in place to support it.

During the session, Adrian and Ebb will discuss why maintenance should be viewed as a way to protect business-critical investment, rather than simply as an operational cost.

What the session will cover

The session will highlight practical considerations for businesses operating automated warehouse environments, including the importance of clear maintenance ownership, accurate fault reporting, planned maintenance, data quality and operational alignment.

Adrian and Ebb will also touch on how businesses can avoid common pitfalls that affect long-term automation performance, and why getting the basics right is essential before looking ahead to more advanced approaches such as predictive maintenance and AI.

The discussion is designed to give attendees useful, real-world insight into how maintenance strategy can help protect uptime, extend asset value and improve the performance of automated warehouse operations.

Meet Adrian and Ebb

Adrian Clark, Key Account Director at Service Geeni, will bring his experience working with service-led and asset-intensive organisations to the discussion.

He will be joined by Ebb Kretschmer, an independent consultant with extensive hands-on and leadership experience in automated warehouse environments. Together, they will share practical insight into the maintenance challenges automation owners face and how businesses can take a more proactive approach.

Visit Service Geeni at Maintec 2026

Service Geeni will be exhibiting at Maintec 2026, part of Smart Manufacturing Week, on 3rd–4th June 2026 at the NEC Birmingham. You can also visit our team on Stand J30, where we’ll be showcasing how Service Geeni helps businesses improve maintenance visibility, manage service operations and make better use of asset data.

We’re also proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Maintec 2026 and look forward to meeting visitors, customers and partners across both days of the event.

Book a meeting with our team

If you’re attending Maintec 2026 and would like to speak to us about your maintenance, service or asset management challenges, you can book a meeting with the Service Geeni team in advance.