Automation promises to bring huge rewards to the modern-day warehouse. But doing it right is no simple task.

It’s hard to argue with the observation that just about every warehouse facility can benefit to some degree from automation. But it’s hardly a matter of “plug and play.” A successful automation initiative requires painstaking planning, starting with knowing exactly what you want to automate, and what you hope to gain from it. On this episode, we address the whole issue of what it takes to get an automated warehouse up and running. Our guest is Sean Enslin, senior sales representative with Körber, who joined us on a recent episode to talk about the impact of automation on warehouse worker morale. Here, the discussion is broader and more wide-ranging — but still with an emphasis on the human element. Also, we ask the question: Does automation give warehouses a competitive edge? Or, since everyone’s doing it, does it simply keep them in the game? Hosted by Bob Bowman, Editor-in-Chief with SupplyChainBrain.

This episode is sponsored by Körber.