Robots and humans work together in Boxed warehouse
August 21, 2017
When Boxed fully automated its distribution center in Union, NJ, it saw its picking productivity increase up to 700 percent. While increased automation often leads to layoffs, that was not the case at Boxed, where the e-tailer trained its workers for different tasks.
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