Why mobile-robotics is the smarter alternative

摘要

Smarter, faster technology to process offers at distribution and fulfilment centres has finally arrived with the emergence of mobile-robotics, according to senior director of marketing for Kiva Systems. Today, people are shopping smarter. They are using sophisticated technology to research product options and prices and to execute those purchases. So why is it that on the operational side, the process to fill orders at the distribution and fulfilment centre are still very traditional, and often manual? Why hasn't the technology to support this trend on the consumer end, been matched with smarter, faster technology on the distribution and fulfilment end? Now - it finally has.