Since the pandemic, the shortage of warehouse workers in the UK has been well documented. But recently, the RTITB claimed that digitalisation could be the key to tackling the gap, having found a solution that gets forklift operators into warehouse and logistics operations faster, reducing lost days by 88.7%. Several other solutions that embrace Industry 4.0 could also be instrumental in ensuring warehouse productivity, all of which are driven by custom integrated circuits, as Richard Mount, Director of Sales at Swindon Silicon Systems explains.
Statista estimated that 2.14 billion people ordered goods online in 2021, up from 1.52 billion in 2016. A revolution in customer expectations, order characteristics and service requirements means there’s more pressure than ever before to get goods from the shop floor to front doors on time and with no margin for error. RTITB is correct…
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