/Insights — Technology & Automation · October 4, 2026
Automate the pick face before you automate the report
Automation projects in distribution tend to start with reporting because reporting is visible to management. The returns are almost always larger at the pick face.
Scanning at pick, batch capture at put-away and a screen at goods-in remove the errors that reporting can only describe after the fact.
Fix the data where it is created. Every layer above it gets cheaper and more trustworthy.