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Spotlight
Logistics
Automation

automation is cost savings. By reducing
the need for manual labour, businesses
can lower staffing costs and overheads.
Automated systems also help minimise
waste and improve resource utilisation,
increasing profit margins.
4. Enhanced customer service:
Automation enables faster and more ensure consistent availability of
reliable service, crucial for maintaining goods, ultimately leading to improved
customer satisfaction. With automated customer satisfaction.
inventory management and real-time "Automation has replaced manual
tracking, businesses can ensure timely labour with robots in warehouse
deliveries and inform customers about management, increasing speed and
the status of their orders. accuracy. Inventory management has
"Automated systems can become more precise through real-time
provide high precision to customer tracking and data analytics, reducing
service and inventory management stock discrepancies. Automated
operations. This enables businesses sorting systems have enhanced
to react more quickly to market delivery accuracy and speed. These
and client needs changes. Using changes have led to tangible benefits
these systems reduces expenses such as reduced operational costs,
and improves service dependability, Robotics in warehouses faster turnaround times, and improved
which is essential for maintaining a speed up sorting, customer satisfaction," added Sarang.
competitive edge in the fast-paced picking, and packing 2. Transportation Management
logistics industry," said Nishith System (TMS):
Rastogi, founder and CEO of Locus. processes, reducing A Transportation Management System
human error and (TMS) automates various aspects of
Top five logistics automation labour costs. transportation operations, such as
strategies Zaiba Sarang carrier selection, load planning, and
1. Warehouse Management System iThink Logistics shipment tracking. Using TMS software,
(WMS): businesses can reduce transportation
A Warehouse Management System costs, enhance delivery times, and
(WMS) is software designed to pickers, and Automated Storage improve supply chain visibility. One
streamline and organise warehouse and Retrieval Systems (ASRS) to key benefit is the ability to set rules
operations by automating tasks such accelerate the movement of goods, for automated carrier selection based
as receiving, put-away, picking, and minimise errors, and free up workers on factors like item size and delivery
shipping. It leverages technologies for more intricate tasks. Real-time location, which is especially beneficial
such as conveyor belts, robotic inventory management capabilities for micro-fulfilment centres.
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