Deploying robots in the warehouse drives up productivity, plain and simple, says Stanislas Normand, managing director North America for Exotec.

Since robotic automation has reached a level of relative maturity, it’s time to talk about interoperability.

The warehouse will see great growth in heterogeneous robot fleets over the next decade, says Dwight Klappich, a vice president and fellow at Gartner. The good news is that medium-sized companies can afford the technology.

You’ve chosen a provider of supply chain planning software. How do you ensure that the initiative will succeed?

Companies of just about any size can take advantage of robotics technology, says Brian Reinhart, vice president of sales, solutions and marketing at HAI Robotics.

Shawn Semer, director of sales and marketing with Signode, lays out the key deciding factors for companies looking to automate processes or integrate new equipment into the warehouse.

Warehouse work is boring and numbingly repetitive. So why not turn the whole thing over to machines? 

A technology refresh, while yielding big benefits to the warehouse, can also be highly disruptive to day-to-day operations.

If any aspect of supply chain is innovative and ever-changing, it's warehousing. Kaitlin Peterson, senior director of product marketing at Locus Robotics, discusses exciting trends in the industry.

The next step in warehouse automation is the ability to integrate mobile robots from different vendors, enabling heterogenous fleets of robots to work together seamlessly.