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The Covid situation has increased the need for automation within the warehouse . Companies are forced to change replenishment and picking processes to be more efficient ( example batch picking ). Automation increases productivity while reducing labour and actually provides for greater social distancing at the same time .”
If you still doubt your company ’ s need for RPA implementation , I ’ ll leave you with one last statement from Barnhart : “ RPA provides organisations with the deployment of smart software bots that automate common business-operational
“ The most repetitive tasks are the most applicable to RPA . Tasks such as demand prediction , inventory allocation , stock replenishment and even mark down calculations and assortment and financial plan seeding are easily completed with ML / AI-powered tools . These ML / AI use cases can be delivered with accuracy improvements of 2,000 basis points and 50 per cent reallocation of labour to more complex processes that can now be tackled as the basic steps are automated .”
— CHRISTINE BARNHART
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