Honeywell: Fast-emerging trends impacting the warehouse automation industry in the Middle East

Honeywell: Fast-emerging trends impacting the warehouse automation industry in the Middle East

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DUBAI, UAE – With ever-increasing demand for faster delivery, the ongoing global supply chain disruption and rapid adoption of automation technologies, Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has highlighted fast-emerging trends that are having significant and increasing impact on the warehouse and automation industry.

“Warehouse and distribution center operators are aggressively seeking ways to digitalize operations by adding automation technology and integrating those solutions with software systems,” said Roman Poludnev, General Manager of Safety and Productivity Solutions Middle East, Turkey and Africa. “The goal is to increase efficiency and create safer, more productive workplaces. As a result, we’re seeing some developing trends in the second half of the year that are going to significantly shape the way the warehousing and logistics sectors operate.”

The key trends that Honeywell believes will have substantial influence on warehouse and distribution center (DC) operations include:

Increasingly aggressive adoption of proven automation technologies

Moving into the second half of 2022, there is heightened interest in long-proven warehouse automation systems that pick, pack, sort and carry packages throughout the facility. There is also increasing research by end users into how to