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Gartner Research: Use the Right Software to Support Warehouse Automation and Robotics

According to Gartner, “Supply chain technology leaders are keen to avoid some of the automation mistakes made over the past 25 years. Large sums were spent on inflexible equipment and software that did not reflect factors such as product and demand variations.”

Use this research to avoid mistakes, according to Gartner.

“Selecting the right software solution or combination of software solutions to support both highly automated and hybrid manual and automated environments is key to avoiding past mistakes and establishing future success.”

Gartner, Use the Right Software to Support Warehouse Automation and Robotics; Simon Tunstall, Rishabh Narang, Federica Stufano 10, July 2025

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