Offset Labor Challenges With AS/RS Shuttle Automation

The e-commerce revolution has dramatically increased order fulfillment complexities. In a time of historic labor shortages, rising SKU counts of varying velocities are creating inventory, storage and picking challenges. Combined, these forces are placing unprecedented pressures on fulfillment center operations, and prompting many operators to deploy automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) shuttles to meet service level agreements.

In our next On The Move webinar we will discuss the forces behind this shuttle trend. The presenter will explain how the rule of thumb for deploying shuttle automation is evolving from a strictly SKU velocity discussion to a more pragmatic solution to offset labor challenges.

Attendees will learn:

• Impacts of labor challenges on order fulfillment processes
  
• Overview of the goods-to-operator model
  
• How AS/RS drives efficiency, accuracy and throughput gains 
  
• The various factors that drive ROI