sebsemiliaWas Amazon angeht, habe ich heute in der FAZ gelesen:
Und was die Arbeitskräfte in den Lagern angeht: Amazon hat viel Geld in einen Hersteller höchst effizienter Lager-Roboter investiert. Und die klagen nie.
Auf absehbare Zeit setzt Amazon aber weiterhin auf „menschliche Roboter“ – weil die flexibler sind als rein computergesteuerte Roboter…
Sarah O’The last group, the “pickers”, push trolleys around and pick out customers’ orders from the aisles. Amazon’s software calculates the most efficient walking route to collect all the items to fill a trolley, and then simply directs the worker from one shelf space to the next via instructions on the screen of the handheld satnav device. Even with these efficient routes, there’s a lot of walking. One of the new Rugeley “pickers” lost almost half a stone in his first three shifts. “You’re sort of like a robot, but in human form,” said the Amazon manager. “It’s human automation, if you like.” Amazon recently bought a robot company, but says it still expects to keep plenty of humans around because they are so much better at coping with the vast array of differently shaped products the company sells.
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