As a result of the pandemic, many industries turned their heads towards automation – some for the first time. Whether due to adapting workplaces to suit social distancing measures, or to ensure growing demand didn’t outstrip capacity, automation soared during the pandemic.
The next few years will no doubt see further expansion and acceleration of investment into automated technology – as people and businesses begin to reap the rewards of their recent investments. Now, perhaps more than ever before, the explosion of growth in e-commerce and demand for IWIY deliveries (“I want it yesterday”) will shift the attitudes of businesses from automation being ‘nice to have’ to ‘absolutely critical’.
The recent boom in e-commerce is intensifying labour shortages in the UK, where job vacancies feature in news programmes daily – and logistics companies need to find any means necessary in order to ahead of the job-race. Gas, petrol and electricity prices are all up – and are likely to stay there for some time. Ensuring efficient warehouses, where overheads can remain low – less heating, less lighting and operating 24/7/365 is an easy way to save money, and increase productivity, as businesses are frequently required to do more, for less.
Investing in automation like Lean Lifts and Rotomats from Industore – particularly while there are tax incentives like the super deduction to take advantage of – is the only way that companies will thrive.