Mechanization picks ups steam in dairy processing warehouses
Dairy processors are slicing labor and other operational expenses by leveraging advanced technologies that support supply chains, logistics and other warehouse functions.
Automation is increasingly becoming the answer for greater efficiencies and efficacy in dairy warehouse operations. Processors are enhancing supply chain and logistics functions and other warehousing responsibilities with technologies intended to streamline worker expenses while enhancing productivity.
“Most materials-handling automation suppliers recognize the dairy processing industry as a leader in adapting new technologies,” says Charles Fallon, president of LIDD, a Montreal-based supply-chain consulting firm. “Dairy processing involves high volumes of short-shelf-life product, and processors seek all opportunities to reduce their operating costs. Therefore, suppliers make efforts to adapt their solutions to the dairy processing context.”