 | Batch Order Picking and Downstream Sortation Benefits are not Obvious at First
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| Will Provide Expert Insight with New Material Handling Blog, other Contributions
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| New White Paper Says Material Handling and Ergonomics Too Often Take a Back Seat in Process Design
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| Our article suggesting there were two paths for distribution center automation - highly automated and manual, with the middle being squuezed - drew dozens of reader responses. We share some highlights of those reader comments here, some of which agree with our thesis, and some that do not. |
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| Insights Can Help Drive Improvement, if Structured Right; SCDigest Guidelines
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| Right now, companies seem to be in one of two camps with regard to distribution center automation. Some are looking to highly automated systems that can significantly reduce logistics labor costs and headaches. Another camp seems to be negative on automation altogether, finding productivity and flexibility in systems with little automation. It is the middle ground approach that might get squeezed over the next decade. |
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| Editors Leave at Two Publications; SCDigest to Increase Focus on Material Handling, Auto ID
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| Is there any guideline that would tell us when a picking automation solution (say pick to belt with downstream sortation) would start to potentially make sense? Are there any rules of thumb we could consider without first having a full assessment? There has to be some sort of characteristics that say when this might make sense. |
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| Paul A Faber of Tompkins Associates, considers how to make better use of the control system to support supply chain visibility and manage the flow of product through the facility. |
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