Warehouse automation has risen, with 2018 boasting a 13% sales increase year-over-year in warehouse-automation technologies even before the pandemic hit and forced many warehouses and fulfillment centers to operate with a fraction of their normal staff due to the risk of infection.

As essential warehouse workers were forced to quarantine and some facilities closed, logistics operators became more aware than ever of the value of automated warehouse solutions. In fact, this level of supply chain disruption identified a weakness in current logistics models, leaving managers and executives scrambling for automated and robotic solutions.

This playbook explores how Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) has opened automation up to small and midsize warehousing enterprises. The playbook also highlights:

• The biggest challenges of warehouse operations to date
• How warehouses with limited budgets can now access versatile robotic picking solutions via scalable subscription services
• The benefits of RaaS, including affordability, easier scalability and faster ROI 

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