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UNLOCKING DISTRIBUTION OPTIMISATION Distribution is a dynamic and always changing area of supply chain. Pas Tomasiello, Dematic Senior Regional Director explores some of the most efficient automated solutions for optimising supply chains after a year of progress and innovation for many Australian businesses. Asahi’s ASRS has more than 31,500 pallet storage positions.
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ccording to Pas Tomasiello, Dematic Senior Regional Director, businesses are under pressure from customer and market demand for competitive pricing, shorter lead times, products delivered anywhere, in full, on time, and in the case of retail customers, in a store friendly format. “For online orders, customers want up-to-date information on
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stock availability, and status of their orders,” he says. “On top of it all, businesses continue to contend with increasing labour and land costs and pressures from increased regulation and safety requirements, and ongoing uncertainties relating to the pandemic. Whether your business is feeling the pressures of a changing market and customer landscape or is looking to
adopt leaner processes to address operational speeds and costs, the importance of optimising supply chains and distribution has never been as high as it is now.” While no one solution fits all businesses, the level of technology and automation isn’t just dependent on scale. Rather, there are many interconnected factors at work.
