{"id":2867,"date":"2018-08-23T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advanced-handling.co.uk\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2018-08-23T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T08:00:50","slug":"leading-the-way-for-warehouse-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advanced-handling.co.uk\/2018\/08\/leading-the-way-for-warehouse-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading The Way For Warehouse Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Undeniably it will be warehouse automation that defines not only the future landscape for big warehousing, but also the winners and losers in the struggle to win online shoppers, particularly in the grocery sector. The driving force is the meteoric rise in online shopping and seismic changes taking place among the big delivery players like Amazon and Ocado, remorselessly eating away at traditional retailer set-ups. Britain is leading the way in this, where more than 7% of grocery sales are online, which is about four times the share in America.<\/p>\n
Curiously though, in Ocado\u2019s case it did not find its automation solution among the many, large warehouse automation specialists, although not for the want of trying. They developed their own solution so therefore now see themselves as a technology provider for large, overseas supermarket more than an online grocer deliverer. The infrastructure, technology and software needed simply didn\u2019t exist hence why they created their own.<\/p>\n