{"id":1965,"date":"2019-09-20T05:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T05:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kusuaks7\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:26:58","slug":"smart-warehousing-and-the-future-of-the-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/bigdata-cloud\/smart-warehousing-and-the-future-of-the-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Warehousing and the Future of the Supply Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf your company isn\u2019t talking about smart warehousing yet, you may be leaving a lot of productivity and money on the table. Today and well into the coming years, the survival of companies and the ability for humans to meet their material needs will increasingly rely on clean, well-operated, low-waste supply chains.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s look at some of the constituent components of a smart warehouse and find out how each one contributes to the larger goal of a more stable and efficient supply chain.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Automated Systems and Cobots<\/strong><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne recent survey of distribution center and warehouse managers found that, between 2017 and 2018, average spending on material handling technology had risen by $30,000 per facility to a new average of just over $457,000<\/a>. What\u2019s causing this \u2014 and what does automation investment bring to the table?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSmart automation is one answer to low unemployment in the U.S. and elsewhere. As companies find themselves struggling to staff up, robots and cobots represent a way to get more work done, more accurately, in the same amount of time, and with (potentially) fewer human workers needed.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo see why this is important and how such investment supports a robust ROI, consider the case of \u201cChuck\u201d\u2014 a cobot built by 6 River Systems. Human employees still pick products from warehouse libraries and racking, but Chuck serves as a mobile tote for those product picks that automatically returns to the staging and packing area once it\u2019s full of product. Another empty Chuck replaces the full one automatically, meaning work continues uninterrupted.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy keeping employees on the floor instead of making many unnecessary return trips, 6 River says Chuck may double the rate of order picking in warehouses<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Wearables, Haptics and Pick-to-Voice<\/strong><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWarehousing managers know too well that humans are fallible creatures. And yet, we still have difficulty envisioning distribution centers wholly without a human presence. Humans are going to be integral to warehouse picking, packing, and stowing efforts for some time.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSo what kinds of breakthroughs do we have on deck for dealing with picking errors and other sources of productivity- and profitability-sapping defects? Here\u2019s a breakdown:\n