WSJ article on Walmart's difficulties automating warehouse logistics. Machines programmed to sort merchandise are hitting kinks with cardboard boxes and turkeys, pushing the automation effort to 'peak complexity'.
For Walmart, Replacing Humans With Robots Is a Multibillion-Dollar Struggle
2 days ago by sanitation to c/workreform
FiniteBanjo 11 points a day ago
Isn't there a store that already completely solved this problem like 20 years ago? There's a convenience store in Barcellona and I believe there were also Ocado Hive warehousing concepts originally intended for groceries and retail.
Walmart are just incompetent morons who think they need to push profit margins to infinite.
psycholocomotor 2 points a day ago
Welp, just gonna contribute to the falling rate of profit.
PanGodofPanic 1 point 14 hours ago
As someone working at the store level (getting out soon hopefully but I need the health insurance atm), it's also been miserable for the stocking crews.
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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