One of the biggest time savers in terms of getting things off and running with your I&D crew is staging freight around your booth. That is, arranging the crates with your exhibit packed in them for optimum use around the empty space.

I was fortunate enough at this show (the NACS show in Chicago for Retalix) to arrive early enough to meet the driver and work with the forklift driver. As the crates came off the truck, we spotted them around the empty floor space. I got to my “cage” first and that allowed me to get drawings, cables and other early-need items. The rest (carpet & pad, hanging sign, first cabinets) were then arranged as to sequential need.

A side benefit was that the booth space was “walled off” from the adjacent aisle and kept other forklift drivers from crossing the space. Read More...

A quick reminder: have copies with you or have a reference to all of the orders you have at a show.

There is no substitute for the credibility a sheaf of papers that have the record of your order for electrical, material handling, rigging, rentals and whatever else you’ve ordered from the general contractor. The files will give you everything in one place (charge numbers, dates ordered, locations), so that is no question of the details involved. Read More...