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Kevin Gibbon discusses how automation is transforming ecommerce fulfillment at Cytronic.

Kevin Gibbon, CEO and co-founder at Cytronic, has built a 3PL that makes DTC ecommerce fulfillment faster, cheaper, and better. The secret? Automation. In this episode of Unboxing Logistics, Kevin joins Lori Boyer to share Cytronic’s story and discuss why automation is such a game changer in the warehousing world. Where manual warehouses are losing time (and money) If you’re thinking of upgrading your warehouse (or partnering with a tech-oriented 3PL), Kevin recommends focusing on the two most time-consuming tasks: picking and packing. He explains, “Picking from the bins, getting [items] to a pick cart [and then] to the actual packing station, that takes by far the most time. And then it would be the actual packaging to get it into some sort of assembly line or into different carrier bins. [Automating] those will be your biggest time saver.” What does an automated warehouse look like? When asked about warehouse automation technology, Kevin describes one of the highest-impact robotics systems at Cytronic: the ASRS, or automated storage and retrieval system. With the ASRS, he says, “You could get a SKU every seven seconds. Just unheard of.” Kevin also notes that automation goes…

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