Bloomberg Businessweek ran an interesting article "Kiva Systems: The Rise of the Robot."
Apparently warehouse robots help e-commerce companies move more product for less cost.
Now that's really something... because for me, the cool factor of robots is enough quality in and of itself to create value.
Increase effeciencey + reduced cost + cool robots = VALUE
"The bottom line: Kiva Systems' warehouse robots help e-commerce stars cut costs and compete in low-margin businesses."
Merrill,
ReplyDeleteIf we're talking about an e-commerce company, what product would these businesses be moving? I agree that in general, robots can alleviate some of the general operating costs associated with human intervention, however robots use in e-commerce seems to be only peripheral in benefit.
TP