SupplyChain Magazine April 2020 | Page 77

77 companies face one crucial question : which technology will produce the greatest return on investment ? Automation and robotics is one area of McKinsey ’ s three “ game-changing supply chain technologies .”
According to this research , today ’ s automation systems are more flexible than ever before . Fast-picking systems can now handle 1,000 to 2,400 picks every hour , due to advanced vision technology that enables them to handle objects presented in arbitrary positions . www . supplychaindigital . com