Automating a warehouse can take up to three years, so it’s good to take into account all the many factors involved and how long they will take to implement, says Michael Fiorito, senior sales executive at Exotec.

An executive summary of a Locus Robotics and SupplyChainBrain webinar about the state of automation in the warehouse, with Neil Bentley, Locus’s senior director of product development.

Emmanuel Langlois, vice president sales with Generix Group, and Jean-Martin Roux, president of Onomatic, discuss the changes in warehouse management systems that we can expect to see in the next five years.

With the rapid adoption of automation and robotics, then, it’s important to explore how advanced technology can improve worker safety.

What’s the right approach — and the wrong one — to robot safety in the warehouse? 

In automated cold-storage warehouses, WMS, automated receiving technologies, computer vision systems, algorithms, visibility platforms and machine learning capabilities all work in tandem to create end-to-end process automation.

Nick Maffucci, strategic account executive with OX, describes the state of warehouse automation, and where it might be going in the years ahead.

Noah Maynard, principal solutions architect with Berkshire Grey, discusses how leading warehouses are deploying robotics and automation for competitive advantage.

Omnichannel retail continues to place higher flexibility requirements on warehouse operations.

Robotics and artificial intelligence are on everyone's mind, but many operators don't need that level of technology at this point, says Jason Joachim, chief executive officer of Cargo Spectre.