The Journey from Manual to Automation: Do’s & Don’ts for Orchestrating Forklifts and Mobile Robots
A few key takeaways from the discussion:
- Do design automation around real warehouse processes, not a theoretical ideal
- Do give every vehicle shared, real-time awareness of its space
- Do optimise the flow for automation
- Do build interoperability in from the start
And just as importantly:
- Don’t assume autonomy solves everything—knowledge is key
- Don’t deploy blindly; know your baseline efficiency first
- Don’t copy-paste a manual workflow
- Don’t build a walled garden