If you’re considering incorporating AMRs into your order fulfillment operation, you probably have a lot of questions about their benefits, adoption rates, costs, and potential return on investment (ROI). We’ve gathered 8 statistics about warehouse robotics and autonomous mobile robots that you can use to evaluate the technology for yourself and decide if there is a role for them to play in your business.
When it comes to order fulfillment and warehouse KPIs, certain metrics get all of the attention. Here are 4 often overlooked metrics to consider monitoring.
We’ve gathered some of the most poignant warehouse safety statistics available. We encourage you to reference them before embarking on your warehouse or distribution center design project, and to leverage them in order to improve worker compliance with any safety standards that you have in place.
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) show a lot of promise in automating warehouses. Here, we discuss the main types of AMRs alongside their applications.
If you’re considering incorporating autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) into your warehouse or order fulfillment operation’s automation strategy, then you’ve undoubtedly got a number of questions.
Each year offers a number of supply chain and order fulfillment industry events which bring together hundreds (and in some cases, thousands) or professionals just like you.
In recent years, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have moved from a novelty solution pursued by only a handful of the largest companies to a mainstream technology capable of bringing real benefits to a range of operations both large and small.
If you’ve got a UniSort high-speed sliding shoe sorter in your operation, you’re not alone: Afterall, it’s a popular piece of machinery in the order fulfillment industry.
If your order fulfillment operation makes use of an Accuglide Accumulation Conveyor, for product accumulation, there is a pretty good chance that it’s an older piece of equipment. These are the workhorses in many warehouses and DCs, capable of lasting for decades under ideal circumstances.
Many warehouses, DCs, and order fulfillment operations rely on an Accuglide Accumulation Conveyor, and for good reason: It’s a great piece of technology that does its job well. In addition to controlling product flow and optimizing throughput, the Accuglide can help mitigate product damage, reducing both inventory and labor costs and driving profits.
A critical step in determining how effective your order fulfillment operation is performing is to determine the key performance indicators (KPIs) that matter most to your business. Once you know the metrics that are most important to your operation, you can benchmark your current performance and monitor improvements and progress towards your goals.
