2022 Technology Roundtable: The future of software and automation is now
Summary
For example, the ability of warehouse execution systems to access WMS order and inventory data in real time will determine its effectiveness as an e-commerce solution. In the heat of the pandemic, most operations had a combination of checking temperatures, mask wearing, hand sanitizing stations, proof of vaccination status and six-feet distance measures. Over the past year and in recent months, many warehouse operators are done with temperature checks, not asking for vaccination proof, optional mask wearing and no distance measures. The majority of labor is in the case- and each-level order fulfillment areas of a DC, where workers are walking to the pick locations with carts or interacting with conventional conveyor systems. This is everything from basic process improvement studies, applying robotic picking, using AMRs to reduce walking to automated ASRS buffer systems to deliver product directly to the picker.