Getting Started with Automation: A Guide for Your Warehouse Management Solutions 

Part 2, Aligning Productivity Goals with ROI

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the first step a business should take when it has become apparent that relying on manual labor alone isn’t enough to meet their fulfillment demands—taking stock of their current business operations. Getting a general overview of the extent to which you’re relying on extraordinary efforts to keep up with surges (or even ordinary demand), assessing the specifics of how much and what you’re shipping, and mapping out your growth goals helps to illuminate where your bottlenecks are and the types of equipment that would not just alleviate them but also expand your capacity. 

The next step is to talk budget. No business has unlimited resources to immediately implement every automation solution that might benefit their situation all at once. Nor is that necessary. Having a firm handle on your numbers will help guide decisions for which equipment will provide the biggest bang for your buck as you create a system that can be adapted and grow with your company. Read more >