THEFUTUREOFWAREHOUSEROBOTICSPart1:TheworldofToputitbluntly:warehousinghaschangedifateamofwellmanagedmobileUntiltoday,autonomousmobilerobots(AMRs)havebeenrobotscanpickdeployedinisolatedworkflowsinwarehouseswithnorealandcarryanyitemintegrationacrossmultipleprocessesinthesamebuilding.toanylocationinThisischanging.awarehouse,whywouldanybodyThepandemicmeantwarehouseshadtocopewithsocialeverinstallafixeddistancingandstaffabsences.Italsocausedamassiveconveyorbelte-commerceboostandhasledtoaprotractedlaborshortage.everagain?Allthishasforcedwarehousemanagerstotakeadeeperlookatthepossibilitiesofferedbywarehouseautomationandtoaccelerateanyexistingplanstheyhadtoautomate.Thegoalisnotonlytoimprovetheefficiencyoftheirbusinessesinanewlycompetitivelandscape,butalsotobooststaffretentionbyimprovingworkinglives.Atthesametime,thepandemichashighlightedthatnothingiscertainandthatindustriescanbeturnedupsidedownovernight.Flexibilityforoperationsandnotbeingtiedtomajorinfrastructurefortoolongisofmuchgreaterimportance.OntopofCOVID-relatedchallenges,othermajorchangesinthemarketareafoottoo.Theseincludeso-called‘mass-customization’which,forwarehouses,meansthattheproductlinestheyhavetostoreanddeliverareliabletochangesizeandshapeatshortnotice.Aswellasdemandsforevermorerapiddelivery.AnAMRsolutionusuallypresentsseveralmajorbenefitscomparedtofi...
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