Material Handling & Productivity

  Increased consumer spending is expected once the pandemic has been effectively controlled due to pent-up demand. Increased demand means manufacturers and warehousing owners will have to expand production capacity and productivity to deliver optimized service levels. Industrial automation, including the automation of material handling systems, provide industrial facilities with an agile solution to improve productivity to deliver optimized service levels. Productivity within industrial facilities is calculated through several factors. These key performance indexes include the overall equipment effectiveness ratio (OEE), machine utilization, and throughput. Implementing automated material handling systems can optimize the majority of the KPIs used to track productivity, as the following examples will show. Enhancing Productivity with Automated Material Handling The increased adoption rate of Industry 4.0 business models means the industrial sector continues to recognize t...