Episode 61 - Automation in the Warehouse: AI, Robotics, and the Changing Workforce

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of AI and automation in warehouses, the changing workforce, and the need for process evolution.

Answering YES to the question today are René Schrama , Chief Commercial Officer at Peak Technologies, and Phil Sambrook , EMEA Transport and Logistics Vertical Lead at Zebra Technologies. In this episode, we talk about: The Role of AI and Automation in the warehouse The Changing Workforce and “Age-Friendly” Automation and the Need for Process Evolution Please enjoy my conversation with René Schrama and Phil Sambrook This episode was powered by Peak Technology. Peak Technology is the industry’s largest provider of end-to-end solutions that modernize the factory, optimize the warehouse, revolutionize the retail experience and reimagine field services and last mile delivery. For more information, visit peaktech.com Thank you for listening to Does Logistics Matter. For more on trends and innovation in supply chain and logistics, visit our blog at www.logisticsmatter.com If you want to be a guest on this podcast, please send an email to podcast@logisticsmatter.com   This podcast was produced by Dimitry Vleugel The music is based on a sample by Ragaman and produced by Michael Spengler Follow the podcast in your favourite podcast app, so you don’t miss new episodes. Hosted on…

People in this episode

Host: Martijn Graat

Guests: René Schrama, Phil Sambrook

Topics covered

• AI in logistics
• warehouse automation
• changing workforce
• age-friendly automation
• process evolution

Keywords

• automation
• AI
• warehouse
• logistics
• workforce
• Peak Technologies
• Zebra Technologies
• process evolution

Sponsors

Peak Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zebra Technologies, Peak Technology, LogisticsMatter, Acast

Books & works: Does Logistics Matter

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