Warehouse automation is fundamental across all players in the supply chain.
It's easy to see why, as well-implemented automation is essential to reduce costs, manage labor, meet customer demands, and future-proof automation.
The issue is that warehouse automation requires investment and lots of it.
Significant up-front capital expenditure combines with multi-year infrastructure projects and concerns around future demand and technological relevance.
This makes warehouse automation investment decisions difficult, balancing enormously significant promises and benefits on one side with questions about ROI and risk appetite on the other.
Executives and senior managers have good reasons to be cautious - but they still need to deliver.
There’s a lot at stake, from operational efficiencies and cost optimization to delivering better customer experiences and outcomes.
At the heart of this is the tension between promises and risks - what automation could deliver, versus the direct and indirect costs of investment. One of the many topics covered in his guide is a proposal for asolution to these challenges - shifting the risks by moving towards true, end-to-end third-party logistics (3PL) providers who are leading the field in automation investments.
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We hope this provides a useful starting point and additional context for your warehouse automation investment decisions.