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What's next: Implementing 'touchless' DCs through advanced warehouse systems
| 题名： | What's next: Implementing 'touchless' DCs through advanced warehouse systems |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | MARK NEWBERRY;DEANNA RAINWATER;ANDY CRANE;KAREN RAUCH |
| 作者单位： | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES;TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES;TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES;TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES |
| 摘要： | Brown cartons whisk by at breakneck speeds as the sound of pneumatic triggers divert the cartons onto a separate path or down a chute. Red laser light beams sparkle and scan shiny white labels on the cartons checking their contents and determining their destination. Okay, well admit that it's a little difficult to romanticize warehouse automation, but it's amazing to watch in action. All these cartons, conveyors and laser lights are part of a highly sophisticated system that continues to advance into the realm of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI). At the heart of this automation are two types of system working together to execute the seemingly choreographed performance: the warehouse management system (WMS) and the warehouse control system (WCS). While these systems have existed since the 1990s, a revolution is afoot to increase the level of sophisticated autonomy through a warehouse execution system, or WES. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Logistics Management |
| 卷： | 60 |
| 期： | 1 |
| 页码： | 38-43 |
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