good day please help me with this question With rapid development in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technology, automation is at a tipping point. Today, robots can perform a slew of functions without considerable human intervention.In a report you are required to critique the benefits of warehouse automation and warehouse robotics technology in relation to the extract above. In Amazon's Flagship Fulfillment Center, the Machines Run theShowamazonAt BF14 outside Seattle, the retailer uses algorithms and robots to ship more than a million packages aday-vastly changing the jobs of humans in the process.One recent morning, inside a cavernous Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center outside Seattle, EvanShobe positioned himself before a bank of nine computer screens. Known internally as the quarterbackdesk, or QB, the command center lets Shobe monitor the intricate workings of a building the size ofabout 15 footballs fields. Thousands of blue dots show robots ferrying products around the facility; yellow figures that look a little like restroom signs represent the humans who load and unload therobots. A maze of green lines shows conveyors speeding orders to stations down the line and,ultimately, to waiting delivery trucks. The system is running smoothly on this early August morning, asit mostly does seven days a week at more than 900 Amazon logistics facilities across the U.S.BF14, located in exurban Kent, Wash., is Amazon's flagship fulfillment center and regularly hosts seniorcompany leaders-Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy dropped by recently-who want a betterunderstanding of what happens after a shopper clicks "Buy Now." It was the first facility of its kindcapable of processing more than 1 million items a day, three times what was possible at the company'sstate-of-the-art warehouses a decade ago. Improving technology means Amazon can stay several stepsahead of brick-and-mortar rivals Walmart Inc. and Target Corp., which are now adopting many of thepractices Amazon has worked on for years.More than the physical robots, the stars of Amazon's facilities are the algorithms-sets of computerinstructions designed to solve specific problems. Software determines how many items a facility canhandle, where each product is supposed to go, how many people are required for the night shift duringthe holiday rush, and which truck is best positioned to get a stick of deodorant to a customer on time."We rely on the software to help us make the right decisions," says Shobe, BF14's general manager.Automation has made it possible for each fulfillment-center supervisor to manage dozens ofemployees, a factorylike operation becoming standard in the industry. In 2012 a logistics warehousemanager supervised about 10 workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2020, afterAmazon had become the industry's biggest employer, there were almost twice as many frontlineworkers for every supervisor.

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good day please help me with this question With rapid development in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technology, automation is at a tipping point. Today, robots can perform a slew of functions without considerable human intervention. In a report you are required to critique the benefits of warehouse automation and warehouse robotics technology in relation to the extract above.

good day please help me with this question With rapid development in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technology, automation is at a tipping point. Today, robots can perform a slew of functions without considerable human intervention. In a report you are required to critique the benefits of warehouse automation and warehouse robotics technology in relation to the extract above.

Understanding Business

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Chapter1: Taking Risks And Making Profits Within The Dynamic Business Environment

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