
Peak season in fulfillment: how to add capacity without doubling the team
Peak volumes are not solved by adding people. What to automate in a fulfillment warehouse so you get through Black Friday without missing delivery SLAs.

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ZEDlog Founder · Industrial automation engineer
Eduard Zaharia is the founder of ZEDlog and an engineer with over 15 years of experience in industrial automation and intralogistics. He has led projects from design and programming through installation and commissioning, working with platforms from vendors such as Interroll. He writes about the technologies that make warehouses faster, more accurate and more efficient.
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Peak volumes are not solved by adding people. What to automate in a fulfillment warehouse so you get through Black Friday without missing delivery SLAs.

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