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Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.
Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.
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Another way to focus on a people-first approach is to empower customers with the foundational tools and expanded knowledgebase needed to drive continual operational success. For example, many warehousing and manufacturing facilities still rely on paper-intensive manual processes.
Internal data sources are corporate applications and other documentation, such as: procurement management software, ERP or other solution (for example, warehouse or inventory management software); accounting system; e-mails; documents, paper or electronic, Excel spreadsheets, etc. Once extracted, data has to be stored somewhere.
But is that enough of a far-reaching vision to offer much more than an incremental view of what we see today based on existing technology? Any view of the near future is more likely to describe incremental changes and incremental advancements based on the current knowledgebase. Enabling Technologies.
Another way to focus on a people-first approach is to empower customers with the foundational tools and expanded knowledgebase needed to drive continual operational success. For example, many warehousing and manufacturing facilities still rely on paper-intensive manual processes.
You need to have the knowledge and understanding of how your actions impact other areas. For example, an effective supply chain leader understands that warehouse operations are affected by supply planning activities, supplier performance, manufacturing disciplines and transportation procedures.
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