Amazon Continues To Invest In Supply Chain

Supply Chain
Written By Rick Watson

While there is a lot of news about Amazon and its treatment of workers etc, it's also investing worldwide in assistive technologies to make workers' lives easier.

Amazon learned early on: don't make workers travel, lift, bend - to the extent possible. A new supply chain innovation lab in Italy is continuing that trend.

Here are a few areas of innovation?

  1. Pallet Mover: Elimination of forklifts to move items - instead pallets move via a robotic arm.

  2. Tote Retriever: Lifting plastic totes from the ground or a lower platform onto a conveyor. Also small robotic arms for sorting, stacking, etc.

This is basically a PR piece, but it's useful to learn about the areas Amazon is continuing to invest in.

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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