As beverage companies adapt to an evolving marketplace, warehousesrnface increasing challenges that range from new shapes and sizes of products to SKU proliferation. With greater complexity in the products inside the warehouse, new technologies constantly emerge to restore order to the facility.rnWarehouse technology companies have developed fully automated storage and retrieval systems that help minimize operator errors, while logistics companies have integrated systems with technology that responds to the sound of a user's voice.rn"I would say now, as the need for efficiency and cost savings is becoming ever more critical for businesses, they are searching for cost savings from automation," says Laura Worker, marketing manager for Westfalia Technologies Inc., York, Pa. "Even if only starting with a warehouse management software, the pressure for sustainable cost savings is paramount to firms, especially in this recession."
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