SupplyChain Magazine March 2018 | Page 53

“ WITHIN A GENERATION , WORKERS IN WAREHOUSES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES WILL BE ABLE TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH ROBOTS ”

– Denis Niezgoda , Robotics Accelerator Lead , DHL
repetitive tasks with limited complexity in manipulation and navigation .
What new skills will workforces need to ensure collaborative technologies can work for the industry ? We have always looked for people who carry a certain technological understanding . This is a requirement for us because of the nature of logistics and the types of technologies that we already have in place . However , as we start to introduce more niche and startup-based robotics solutions into our business , we are seeing a real rise in the need for software engineers . Historically , the industry has not been known for
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