Closing the reality gap: Why real-time execution has become the new competitive advantage

What happened

Daifuku's Cecile Dick-Calmes said success is no longer measured solely by automation density or equipment utilization. Daifuku helped to automate Kagetsudo Co.’s product storage system and production lines.

| Source: Daifuku Organizations across the supply chain continue to invest heavily in automation. Yet for many warehouse and distribution leaders, the expected gains in productivity, throughput (how much work a system gets through in a given time), and agility remain elusive.

The issue is rarely a lack of technology. More often, it is a lack of synchronization.