Businesses have been grappling to deal with the challenges of supply chain complexities due to SKU proliferation, the onset of e-commerce, shorter delivery time pressures, and supply-side disruptions and shortages. Material handling automation in factories and warehouses has become a differentiator for many businesses to ensure timely and prompt delivery, and companies are not shying away from using automation as they are looking to scale fast.
Mr. Sangeet Kumar, CEO, Addverb, highlights how the recent trend of digitization and digitalization has finally set the stage for the automation wave. The question that businesses are discussing today is not “whether automation will help their warehouse operations” but “what kind of automation should they opt for”.