How Automation and Software are Solving Supply Chain Productivity Challenges
Listen in as Fortna CEO Rob McKeel explains how automation is tackling challenges and driving productivity in the supply chain. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.
Recording Date/Time
Thursday, March 21, 2024 2:19PM
Podcast Duraton
00:28:08 hrs/min/sec
Talking Materials Handling
In the supply chain, productivity makes the world go around. Technology is little more than a shiny object if it doesn’t lead to faster turnaround times, higher accuracy rates, a more efficient use of labor and increased productivity in the DC.
On this episode of Talking Materials Handling, Rob McKeel, the CEO of Fortna, identifies the trends that are driving today’s DCs and describes how enabling automation technologies are driving new productivity gains.
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