Insights
2021
Blog
The Future of Robotics at Panasonic: Form follows Function
Meeting R2-D2 and C-3PO was a fantastic inspiration for me. Lovely, caring and loyal, with a good sense of humor and discreetly supportive. Those who are familiar with the “ubertechnology” embracing character of the Daleks, the T-800 or the Futureworld robots might slightly disagree about my all positive attitude towards robotics.
2021
Blog
The Pressures are Building on Manufacturing Operations
Extreme pressures can either cause things to crumble or, like diamonds, change them to something different and sometimes something entirely more valuable. In the case of manufacturing, it seems the extreme pressures of competition and latterly the pandemic have crystalised challenges in the minds of management and focused their attention on accelerating change.
2021
Blog
Upgrading your UK warehouse infrastructure: why now is the ideal time
Many warehouses could do with a retrofit to address emerging challenges. And post-pandemic tax incentives make now an opportune moment. Hybrid solutions, such as VSA, are often the best approach.
2021
Blog
Time for Change
Despite the incredible advances in technology over the past decade, economists have been puzzled that this innovation has not led to the step-change advances in productivity and GDP that many predicted.
2021
Blog
Helping the customer to always be right
We’ve all heard the mantra that “the customer is always right.” But those of us that work in the retail industry are well aware that this isn’t always true…
2021
Blog
Gemba Process Innovation can drive the next wave of business innovation in Europe
With businesses across Europe facing a perfect storm of changing buying behaviours and digital disruption, the time is right for the next wave of business innovation. Hiroyuki Nishiuma, the new managing director at Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU), suggests lessons learned from a similarly maturing society such as Japan could help.
2021
Blog
Post-COVID retail: Getting back on track
Retailers have weathered storm after storm of partial, full, or reversed lockdown restrictions. There is no sugar-coating a tempestuous 2020 and its grim figures. But adapting to an evolving world is part and parcel of retail – it was before the pandemic arrived, and will remain so after.
2020
Blog
Shopping in the COVID age: a whole new ballgame
Shops can harness capacity monitoring systems to understand how staff and customers are using floor space.
2020
Blog
Future Stores webinar: retail in the time of coronavirus
What kind of tech is available to address COVID-19? To expand on some of the capabilities mentioned above, tech can help with capacity monitoring and queue management.
2020
Blog
Getting smart in the race for right-first-time deliveries
It doesn’t make the easiest of reading for the logistics and delivery sector, but research shows that one-third of all orders during peak season in the UK are either late or incomplete. Even worse, 5% of all online orders fail to make it to the right person or place.
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