In the Diapers.com illustration, robots were utilized to move the position racks of merchandise to the location of — order pickers What anything concerns you about this concept

The way in which Diapers.com utilized robots to improve their warehouse efficiency is pretty interesting. One obvious advantage is it will reduce number of warehouse workers. It also reduces the movement of workers, thus providing greater internal efficiency. One concern is that is if the component weight is high the system may not work. Also, because of the extensive dependency on the robotic system, any system failure will result in substantial costs of downtime.

The main concern related to using the system for replenishment of retail stores is related to shipment size, given the restrictions on the weight to be handled by the robots. However, is not likely to be exceeded by a unit load of this product.