Retrieved from Shutterstock/Panuwat Phimpha. Warehouse employment in the U.S. has doubled over the past decade as DCs ramped up hiring of hourly workers to pick, pack, and ship rising volumes of ecommerce orders. Investments in robots may slow the increase in labor demand in coming years, but robots are not the answer for all DCs. Most need a mix of strategies to keep labor costs in check.
Many DC operators are turning to new types of smart software that uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize labor productivity in non-automated processes. AI-based optimization attacks a major component of the labor productivity challenge […]
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