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“ BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING TO WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN ”
GAVIN HARRISON UK SALES DIRECTOR , ELEMENT LOGIC
He adds : “ Once a customer places an order , the item is fulfilled from the store , packaged , loaded into the drone and delivered right to their yard using a cable that gently lowers the package .”
Last-mile drone tech ‘ not ready for widespread use ’ But Walmart has not not specified how , exactly , its vast drone fleet will negotiate airspace concerns , nor how the machines will be powered .
Brandon Rael , Business Transformation Leader at Capgemini Invent says that although automation is the future of last-mile , drone tech is not ready for widespread adoption .
“ Robotics , automation , and eventually drones , will be the new norm for supply chain fulfilment capabilities ,” he says . “ Automation and robotics will be an absolute necessity to reduce cost – to-serve , and to cut inefficiencies and optimise processes .”
But Rael adds that , for widespread adoption , drone tech needs to improve : “ The drone delivery model requires more work . It ’ s built around supply chain fulfilment innovation but it will require a crawl-walkrun strategy to implement safely , with the right regulations and policies .
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