Ralf Garlichs, Chief Operations Officer at Siemens Logistics, joins me to discuss the automated future of parcel processing:
- Processing varying parcel formats
- Speed and complexity
- Removing the need for manual handling
- A brief history of automation in logistics
- Labour shortage implications for logistics
- Three factors driving advances in automation: labour, volume growth, and the battle for services
- Data analytics role in improving efficiency
- Step-by-step progress towards a "touchless hub" - from unloading trucks through to sorting
- The automation technology already available today - including robots in hubs
- Automation in the core of sorting centres
- Who can benefit from logistics automation?
