{"id":1745,"date":"2018-03-23T08:02:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2018-06-14T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:29:23","slug":"people-are-at-the-center-of-the-robotics-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/23\/people-are-at-the-center-of-the-robotics-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are at the Center of the Robotics Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Revolution-250x200p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1786\" src=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Revolution-250x200p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Automation not only delivers ROI, it enhances supply chain jobs and increases worker satisfaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Fiona Soltes<\/em><em>\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A variety of factors are converging to bolster the ROI for automation. Beyond the present and future state of the workforce, the ever-increasing technological sophistication, and the growing understanding that supply chain operations must be faster, more efficient, more accurate and more transparent than ever, there\u2019s this sizable \u201cdirect-to-consumer\u201d shift. Demand has moved from handling larger pallets and cases to smaller and more frequent orders or \u201ceaches\u201d and automation makes this shift much easier to manage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no longer just B2C or B2B. As one industry veteran, Jim Tompkins, Ph.D., so appropriately terms it, it\u2019s \u201cB2Me,\u201d where \u201cme\u201d could be a business or consumer. \u201cIn fact,\u201d said Tompkins, chairman and CEO of both MHI member Tompkins International and the MonarchFX Alliance, \u201cmany of the product categories that once were B2B have become B2C, and vice versa. For the most part, B2B and B2C have become one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As automation and robotics offer opportunities to for firms to catch up\u2014and to get ahead\u2014some worry about the impact on jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFears are being stoked among the workforce about robots taking jobs,\u201d said Melonee Wise, CEO of MHI member Fetch Robotics, which builds robot systems for the logistics industry. \u201cThe reality is that robots take over tasks, and usually the worst tasks. Robotics has traditionally been designed to handle tasks that are dirty, dangerous or dull. While workers may have some initial trepidation when a Fetch robot is deployed at their location, as those robots start to take over the dull, dangerous and dirty tasks, those employees are happy to have them work alongside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of the state of the workforce, Wise said, warehouses and logistics \u201csimply can\u2019t afford to wait.\u201d She quotes the <em>2017 MHI Annual Industry Report t<\/em>o make her point: \u201cThe top challenge in the supply chain is \u2018hiring and retaining a skilled workforce,\u2019 at 63 percent of those surveyed; second is \u2018customer demand for faster response times\u2019 at 55 percent. And the same report points to robotics and automation as the top \u2018trend of innovations being disruptive or a source of competitive advantage.\u2019 These statistics point to an industry that is in desperate need of labor and at a technology that is in a position to alleviate that problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/naylor\/MHIQ\/MHIQ0218\/index.php#\/36\"><strong>Read More\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automation not only delivers ROI, it enhances supply chain jobs and increases worker satisfaction. By Fiona Soltes\u2014 A variety of factors are converging to bolster the ROI for automation. 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