GROWING E-COMMERCE ORDER VOLUMES, labor constraints, final-mile challenges, and heightened delivery expectations are all putting unique pressures on the nation's fulfillment operations. With many of these operations still reliant on manual processes, spreadsheets, and aging technology systems, keeping up with the competition and meeting ever-changing customer demands are difficult at best. By implementing warehouse automation, companies can effectively overcome most of these challenges while also future-proofing their operations and preparing them for the next potential disruption. But automation doesn't work in a bubble; it requires human support and interaction.A task that's ripe for automation, parcel packaging is one link in the fulfillment chain that's still handled by employees who receive the goods, select the shipping box, pack the goods, insert the void fill, label the parcel, and then send it to the shipping department. This critical, but redundant task, can easily be handled by automated equipment that, in turn, lets employees focus on more important activities inside the warehouse.
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