Top Supply Chain Companies Use AI for Productivity
Gartner Group took a survey of over 800 supply chain professionals over a 3 month period to find out how top supply chain companies use AI within their facilities. It was interesting to find out that one of the result that they found was that AI was being used to enhance productivity instead of being used for efficiency. Basically, let’s get more out of it instead of how much money did we save. This is a bit of a different take of the application of technology.
One of the analysts from Gartner said that, “…best organizations are far ahead in optimizing their supply chain data with AI / ML applications to unlock value.” In order to understand how productivity can be increased, you need information that normally isn’t provided for you to make decisions. We’re talking about the SIERA AI telemetry Dashboard that affects all of your lift trucks.
Supply Chain Companies Use AI for Productivity
Let’s take a further look at how supply chain companies use AI for productivity, especially for their forklift fleet that keeps this operation moving. The forklift safety system by SIERA.AI uses AI and ML technologies in order to identify when a person or object enters in the protected zone of the forklift. The intelligent technology knows the difference between the two. In addition, it will also conduct analysis when the two are present at the same time. Meaning, what if there was a person kneeling, standing or crawling behind a stack of boxes, and only a small part of their shoe is showing, or their hat is moving. The system will define it as a person and notify the operator of a person behind the boxes.
What’s critical is that all of this information is being collected into a telemetry Dashboard so you can view the results from the day, week, month or any defined period. What customers are finding are both productivity gains as well as efficiencies.
Productivity and Efficiencies Go Hand in Hand
When it comes to forklift productivity and Efficiencies, they do go hand in hand as they both work together. For instance, when the lift trucks are working 100% of the time, there’s no downtime. This means that the forklifts can be productive all of the time completing orders and put aways. And as a result, there’s no breakdowns where the lift truck would be out of service and in for repair.
Another example is proactive safety. Because the forklift has a forklift safety system and warns the forklift operator that a person or object is within its defined safety path, accidents are avoided and work production can continue. This also means that the company just saved on claims from injuries and missed time at work. These can be costly items added to the company’s bottom line.
All of this information is tracked and reported in the telemetry Dashboard, providing insights that were never seen before. Gartner sums it up this way, “Prioritize extracting value from their digital assets to drive productivity, rather than making digital investments to achieve efficiencies such as cost savings.” With SIERA.AI, when you invest in a forklift safety system, you automatically will get improved productivity. But because of the productivity you automatically get efficiencies such as cost savings.
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