𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆

Continuing from the series and trip to past and future from last week, let’s take this discussion forward.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆

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 can’t yet be replaced by automation.

The respite however, could be short-lived, as a new wave of disruptive technology emerges—one 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.

𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 – 2045 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆

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, we’ll take a slow journey through the next few years to come. Along the way we’ll 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.

𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 – 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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