From the course: Careers in Supply Chain and Operations
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Material handling and robotics
From the course: Careers in Supply Chain and Operations
Material handling and robotics
- It's really amazing to watch how drones, self-driving vehicles, and robots are becoming more common. The advances that we're seeing in automation technology are having a huge impact on how we move things in the supply chain. And that's called material handling. Right now we're in the middle of a transformation. If you visit a factory or a distribution center, you're going to see robots doing lots of material handling jobs that used to be done by people. But automation is also creating new jobs for the people involved in designing and deploying those technologies. A good way to break these opportunities down is with the material handling equipment taxonomy that was created by Dr. Michael Kay. The five places that automation is taking hold are in transport, positioning, unit load formation, storage, and identification and control. You can find a thorough explanation of each of these categories in the material handling equipment taxonomy website. So you need to understand how these…
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