A good insight on the risks of having an automated warehouse. I had visited quite a few of them in the US and what I gathered was that high item velocity and similar kinds of items stored in the warehouse were the driving factors to introduce conveyor systems in the warehouse. I had the opportunity to visit a book distributor, a pharma and a cutlery distributor in the US. They all had conveyor systems installed for both inbound and outbound operations. Most of these conveyor systems employed cubiscan (weight and volume check) during receiving, automatic carton sealing machines on outbound cartons and weight check to validate correct items are being shipped. Order fulfillment had improved considerably once conveyors were introduced, but as you rightly said, when it came to modifying the warehouse layout (for expansion, adding more racking systems etc.), it was a major task in re-aligning the conveyors and equipment once again, which in turn affects ROI as huge costs were incurred.

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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Manual Labour Department

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Automation You aim for efficiency and time saving methods to achieve your goal. Lowers unemployment, as people are needed to operate manual labour, yet fewer are needed for machinery.

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2. Manual inventory systems are thought to be a way of the past. The normal 'bean counting' performed by small businesses to keep tabs on inventory has given way to the automated world of bar codes and scanners. Even with all this technology, manual inventory systems still hold key advantages over computer-based counterparts.
3. Seniority can also be a disadvantage with labor unions today. The advantages which seniority provides to experienced employees is a detriment to new hires. Even if someone is more talented, skilled or productive than a veteran worker, it will be the rules of seniority which determine layoffs during the downsizing process.