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Step into a fulfilment warehouse today and you are likely to see an array of robots performing tasks that would otherwise drain the valuable time and effort of workers.
From autonomous vehicles that roll around the warehouse floor transporting items, to robots that pick and pack items with impressive speed, warehouse automation technology is advancing fast.
However, robots in warehouses, distribution centres and factories are nothing new, with those used today the product of over seventy years of evolution.
Vehicles that followed wires embedded in the factory floor first emerged in the 1950s. A decade later, bulky storage and retrieval systems were automating item retrieval in warehouses. By the 1980s, hydraulic robotic arms were picking and assembling items with impressive dexterity.
Now, companies like Amazon have over 750,000 robots working alongside staff. The fulfilment giant will soon even debut a bipedal humanoid robot ‘Digit’ that can walk across the warehouse floor picking and packing items just like a human.
So besides those of the humanoid variety, what other forms of robotic automation are fulfilment companies using in their supply chain today? Read on to learn all about the increasingly advanced robots changing the way fulfilment warehouses operate.
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- ERP
Warehouses worldwide are reaping the benefits of the quantum leap in technology we have seen in the last few years. So, what warehouse trends can we expect to take off in 2024 and beyond?
From exoskeletons that help workers with heavy lifting to autonomous robots and predictive AI, we share the fast-growing warehouse management trends in 2024 that make operations more efficient, safer, and greener.
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- ERP
In 2023, ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools received mainstream attention on an unprecedented scale. Accountants, amongst other professionals, were excited to adopt these tools within the workplace.
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- Accountants
With many realising the benefits of remote working after COVID, construction businesses are now looking for construction software that accommodates this approach, whilst remaining productive and efficient.
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- Construction
2024 will be a pivotal year for accounting cybersecurity, as we enter new territory with the mainstream adoption of artificial intelligence.
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- Accountants
With a new year upon us, it's time to reflect on the accounting industry trends your firm should be investing in 2024 and beyond.
- Topic:
- Accountants
The selection of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a major undertaking. Avoid the common pitfalls and select the best system for your construction business by following this advice...
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- Construction
A growing construction company with a traditional ERP solution will often face growing pains that include productivity losses and increased costs. As the business expands, stakeholders recognise that the technology solution does not keep pace and costly capital expenditures are necessary to maintain the status quo. The addition of job sites increased labour costs, and other material costs create complexities that cannot be easily resolved with a traditional ERP solution.
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- Construction
The 2020s are becoming a vastly exciting decade, with emerging technologies already transforming the future of the finance industry.
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- Finance
Construction management software is at the core of modern business processes and should connect functional areas such as project management, accounting, workforce planning, reporting and financials on one platform in order to reduce operational costs.
- Topic:
- Construction
