There's a good chance the buzz that's still ringing in your ears from ProMat last month may be with you for a while. As we found in our "2019 Warehouse and Distribution Center Equipment Survey" in March and then validated in Chicago, Modern readers are still fired up to invest in solutions to help overcome increasing service demands while managing diminishing resources. If we needed any more data to support this vibe, the findings from our latest "Usage and Implementation of Warehouse and DC Automation Solutions" reveals that readers are getting adventurous, especially when it comes to robotics. Editor at large Bridget McCrea puts context behind the findings starting on page 56. "After combing through the results," says McCrea, "it becomes pretty apparent that the increasing need to manage high-velocity operations with limited labor resources is clearly pushing companies toward more automation-and they're breaking down any long-felt apprehensions in the process." According to the results, 63% of companies already use conveyor and sortation systems to automate their facilities; 55% rely on weighing, cubing and dimensioning equipment; 33% use goods-to-person picking solutions; 22% use automated storage; and 20% rely on automated packaging solutions.
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