Case study
Case study: how a major retailer is transforming
Lessons from the field: anticipating the automation of a major retailer's logistics jobs.
The challenge
A major retailer wanted to anticipate how its logistics jobs would change: more automation, more data.
What we did
By analyzing its logistics jobs task by task, we identified the adjacent skills that link order picking to robot supervision, and the training that lets people move from one to the other.
Results
Internal mobility pathways identified between jobs, before automation arrives. The quantified results of this engagement remain confidential.
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