The next generation of supply chains includes robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence. Picking has always been among value-creating processes’ most cost- and labor-intensive activities. More than 90% of all picking tasks are still performed manually, which accounts for a significant portion of operational costs. A single error in picking goods may have a tenfold impact on subsequent warehouse processes: delays, unfulfilled orders, returns, and scrap.
Without the support of technology, loading and shipping processes can also become slow and incorrect.
Auware Engineering Kft. is well known for having a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions for a wide range of logistics applications with its partner companies. Auware Engineering recognizes three reasons for picking by robots:
- In many cases, picking in the warehouse is not a pleasant working environment since, depending on the product range, the work can be done even in cold or hot conditions. Logistics, therefore, faces a labor shortage.
- Robots can perform picking 24/7 without human intervention, with a lower error rate and much faster.
- Based on human labor, not all dimensions of the space can be utilized, so significant space savings can be achieved with automated vertical and horizontal modules.
