Automation: Can you afford not to?

Low unemployment rates and high job vacancy levels are making for a tight labour market, which affects the logistics industry as it does many areas of business in the UK. Unlike in some other sectors however, warehouse operators have the option of filling skills gaps through automation.

Linde Material Handling UK brought together leading industry figures and experts in the sector to debate a number of issues around automation. Topics ranged from new choices in financing and the process of planning for automation to achieving reliability and consistency in materials handling and improving safety while also reducing accidental damage.

The discussion, hosted by former BBC producer Dave Harries, posed typical questions facing warehouse operators. How do you find out what technology you need? How do you finance such investments and measure the return? What is the right way – and the wrong way – to communicate the changes to your staff?

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