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Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023

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ProMat is the first public exhibition of this product, although it is currently live at a customer site in California for the unloading containers filled with dry goods. HAI Robotics , with its US headquarters in Fremont, Callfornia, is a finalist for Best Innovation of an Existing Product.

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5 Myths of Making Robots Work with People

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There are many myths when it comes to the implementation of what some call “ human in the loop ” robotic systems or just optimizing “sharetasking” between humans and robots in the DC. In most cases, a WMS follows basic logic and location sequence pick paths in allocating work.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

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Any company shipping physical products today – whether to consumers or to other businesses – needs to meet higher service expectations, including faster order turnaround in the DC. In the past, a DC’s customer requirements, processes, products and other operating parameters evolved, but slowly. Inventory and Labor Planning.

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Four Truths About DC Robots, Jobs, And Warehouse Execution

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By our estimates, ecommerce growth will generate a 20 percent boost in DC labor demand between 2018-21, even if robots, traditional automation, and other productivity technologies (such as voice picking and mobile work execution solutions ) displace some potential DC jobs. This leads to a final truth.