Amazon is embracing automation with robotics. Examine Levels of automation and information technology (IT) functionality in relation to Amazon.

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Amazon is embracing automation with robotics. Examine Levels of automation and information technology (IT) functionality in relation to Amazon.

 

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With rapid development in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technology, automation is at a tipping point. Today, robots can perform a slew of functions without considerable human intervention. In a report you are required to critique the benefits of warehouse automation and warehouse robotics technology in relation to the extract above. 

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Analyse how automation at Amazon can assist with sorting and packing to create efficiencies. 

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argue in favour of the statement made by Amazon’s former logistics executive turned automation consultant, where he sees accelerating automation as inevitable. 

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