Automated Distribution Center Simulation.

This is an automated distribution center simulation. It is an interesting view at what many distribution centers will become in the not too distant future. COVID-19 has accelerated automation with all aspects of supply chain.

Supply Chain and Automation Quotes

“A bad system will beat a good person everytime.” ~W. Edwards Deming
“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” ~William Pollard
“Supply chain is in the crawling stage of using artificial intelligence. In the next 5 years AI will revolutionize supply chain in ways most people haven’t even though of yet.” ~Dave Waters
“If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.” ~ Jeff Bezos
“Technologies that are emerging today will soon be shaping the world tomorrow and well into the future – with impacts to economies and to society at large. Now that we are well into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it’s critical that we discuss and ensure that humanity is served by these new innovations so that we can continue to prosper.” ~Mariette DiChristina
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” ~Charles Darwin
“The promise of artificial intelligence and computer science generally vastly outweighs the impact it could have on some jobs in the same way that, while the invention of the airplane negatively affected the railroad industry, it opened a much wider door to human progress.” ~Paul Allen, Co-Founder of Microsoft
“Machine learning and deep learning will create a new set of hot jobs in the next 5 years.” ~Dave Waters.