Re:UPS’s $20B Problem: Operations Stuck in the 20th Century
by forapurpose on Saturday June 16, 2018 @03:54PM
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> conveyer belts
Speaking awhile ago with an expert in this kind of automation, I was told that conveyor belts are much less reliable than I imagined.
Your idea also could be implemented using different tech: Think of the Amazon warehouse bots that lift entire shelving units and bring them to the people who pick items from them. Preloaded racks could be delivered into their places on the truck.
> Is this one of those problems ... ?
It also could be one of those problems that isn't a bottleneck and isn't worth automating.
Speaking awhile ago with an expert in this kind of automation, I was told that conveyor belts are much less reliable than I imagined.
Your idea also could be implemented using different tech: Think of the Amazon warehouse bots that lift entire shelving units and bring them to the people who pick items from them. Preloaded racks could be delivered into their places on the truck.
> Is this one of those problems ... ?
It also could be one of those problems that isn't a bottleneck and isn't worth automating.