Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 28
WAREHOUSE ROBOTICS
RETAIL AND
THE ROBOTICS
REVOLUTION
How machine automation is transforming
operational efficiencies and the way
retailers look at the business.
BY RANDY SCOTLAND
28 |
CANADIAN RETAILER
| THE SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS ISSUE
ONCE the stuff of science fiction, the growing
prevalence of robotics in the workplace is having
a transformative impact on the retail industry,
where big investments in automation is revolutionizing the way goods are being warehoused,
picked, packed and distributed.
Retailers looking to cut backend costs and boost
operational efficiencies are building or retrofitting facilities that incorporate the latest in robotic
machinery. The price tag to do so doesn't come
cheap-running into the tens of millions of dollars
per facility, depending on the scope of the project.
But the potential payoff is equally significant.
"When you look at the dramatic decrease in space
that is possible once you eliminate the need for
manually driven forklifts and the need for people to
navigate aisles, once these robotics systems go in
you can experience up to a 40 per cent decrease in
the warehouse size itself, and up to an 80 per cent
decrease in the manpower that's required to actually make that warehouse work," says consultant and
retail industry futurist Doug Stephens, Founder
and President of Retail Prophet.
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue
Editor’s Note
Retail Currents
Under the Banner
Retail Logistics—It’s More Than Moving Boxes
Association News
Payments Moving Toward a Mobile Tipping Point?
Diane’s Corner
Embracing the Revolution
Ten Things Retailers Need to Know About APIS
Flowcasting: In-Stock—Whenever, Wherever
Retail and the Robotics Revolution
The Demands on Supply
Better Pick-Up and Delivery Options
Reimagining the Last Mile
On the Road Toward a More Responsible Supply Chain
Growth Reverberated
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Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - cover1
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - cover2
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 3
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Editor’s Note
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 5
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Retail Currents
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 7
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Under the Banner
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Retail Logistics—It’s More Than Moving Boxes
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Association News
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 11
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Payments Moving Toward a Mobile Tipping Point?
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 13
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Diane’s Corner
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 15
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Embracing the Revolution
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 17
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 18
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 19
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Ten Things Retailers Need to Know About APIS
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 21
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 22
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 23
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Flowcasting: In-Stock—Whenever, Wherever
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 25
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 26
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 27
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Retail and the Robotics Revolution
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 29
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 30
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - The Demands on Supply
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 32
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 33
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Better Pick-Up and Delivery Options
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 35
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Reimagining the Last Mile
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 37
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 38
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 39
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - On the Road Toward a More Responsible Supply Chain
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 41
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 42
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 43
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Growth Reverberated
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - 45
Canadian Retailer - The Supply Chain & Logistics Issue - Advertisers’ Index
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