Shortage of labor, intensified demand from e-tailers (online retailers), and technological disruption is forcing organizations in the Logistics and Warehousing industry to embrace technology, particularly Automation. An investment in automating the picking, packing, sorting, storing, and shipping items can yield high returns for organizations. Warehouses that will sort out the dynamics of e-commerce, select the […]
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10 Technologies of Warehouse Automation
Contributed by Mark Bridges on January 22, 2021 in Information Technology, Operations & Supply Chain
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