SupplyChain Magazine February 2020 | Page 53

HOW IMPORTANT IS A ROBUST CHANGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ?
53 to monitor operational activities in realtime through a graphical visualisation .
Within our warehousing operations , we ’ ve deployed a number of robotic autonomous systems . In the US we ’ re piloting a collaborative , autonomous robotics solution to work alongside our colleagues as warehouse picker companions , reducing walking distances by switching to zone picking where the robots come to the pickers who remain in the pick zones / aisles . Similarly , we are piloting automated forklift trucks in several locations to understand their impact on accuracy and efficiency through optimised driving , lifting and routing processes . They continually charge so there is no downtime and can move full pallets at height and put away . We are estimating a 20 % productivity improvement using this solution .
HOW IMPORTANT IS A ROBUST CHANGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ?
This is a critical area for me that starts and ends with people , with a host of best practice process in-between .
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