๐ป๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Continuing from the series and trip to past and future from last week, let’s take this discussion forward.
๐ป๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Few warehouses today are not only storage spaces, but instead host multiple value-adding processes, like just-in-time packaging, assembly, product customization, and in some cases, customer collection services.
Ironically, the need to add value within warehousing operations has partly slowed the rate at which human operatives become obsolete, since a lot of value-adding tasks require skills that canโt yet be replaced by automation.
The respite however, could be short-lived, as a new wave of disruptive technology emergesโone which many believe will spell the end of the warehouse as a significant source of employment and transform it into a center of wholly automated activity.
๐ณ๐๐’๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ – 2045 ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
To understand why warehouses may soon be devoid of human presence, we should return to our tour, but instead of jumping straight to the warehouse of 2045, weโll take a slow journey through the next few years to come. Along the way weโll look at how robotics, sensors, machine-to-machine communication, and the Internet of Everything may make warehouses ever more efficient to operate, while gradually eliminating the need for a human workforce.
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ – Robotics is probably the answer to many automation constraints in warehousing. For example, unlike automated storage and retrieval systems, robotic warehouse machinery (even at the current time) is able to operate in any industrial space, meaning it can be deployed in existing warehouses without expensive structural modifications.
At the same time, robotic capabilities are continually improving; with robots being developed that can perform tasks such as dressmaking, which up to now has always required a human touch. They are also becoming increasingly mobile and capable of multitasking, which means companies will need less machinery to perform more activities.
We shall look into these things in more details in the posts to come. However till then please note that this series is not to debate whether robots are welcome at the cost of jobs or not.
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