A 3PL Leader's Guide to Automation | Lessons From the Floor

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Honest Advice About Warehouse Automation

Discover firsthand insights from Drew Bailey of GEODIS, one of the world’s foremost experts in warehousing, logistics, and supply chain technologies. As the architect behind a high-volume, high-speed AS/RS implementation for one of the largest 3PLs globally, Drew provides straight talk about hard-earned lessons from the design, installation, and operation of advanced automation.

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What You'll Learn

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• Design for Real-World Operations Understand why true design goes beyond layout renderings. Learn how to engineer workflows, software functionality, and productivity targets that reflect how your warehouse actually works — not just how it looks.
• Rethink Automation ROI Learn why traditional CapEx-heavy automation models don’t work for most 3PLs and how creative financing strategies like RaaS and asset-light leasing can make automation viable even on razor-thin margins.
• Design for Flexibility, Not Forecasts Discover why scalable, modular automation beats fixed infrastructure. How to future-proof your operations against client churn, volume swings, and unpredictable disruptions.
• Manage Labor Smarter Understand how automation and better workflows can ease the burden of hiring, training, and retaining a mixed workforce of full-time, temp, and gig workers without replacing them entirely.
• Meet Rising Client Expectations Explore how even small clients now expect Amazon-level tech. Learn how to position your automation capabilities as a competitive differentiator, even when full deployment isn’t economically justified.
• Survive Peak Season Without Breaking the Bank Get strategies for handling explosive seasonal demand without building a warehouse-sized staffing agency.
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