Designing for Uncertainty: A Flexibility-First Approach to Warehouse Automation | SupplyChainBrain

Designing for Uncertainty: A Flexibility-First Approach to Warehouse Automation

Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT
Upcoming Webinar Locus Robotics Thu Oct 15 2026 11a Et

Webinar Description

Warehouse automation decisions are often based on assumptions about future volume, labor, SKU mix, workflows, and facility requirements. The challenge is that those assumptions rarely stay fixed over the life of an automation investment.

This webinar introduces five principles for evaluating automation in environments where requirements will continue to change. We’ll examine how different approaches affect capacity, infrastructure, workflow adaptability, and financial flexibility—and why those choices shape an operation’s ability to maintain performance over time.

Attendees will leave with a practical framework for assessing whether a flexibility-first automation strategy can support current requirements, adapt as conditions change, and scale without creating unnecessary infrastructure or operational constraints.
 

What you will take away:

  • How flexible and fixed automation approaches differ in infrastructure, scalability, and financial commitment.
  • What to assess in an automation solution when planning for long-term operational change.
  • How flexibility-first automation supports operational confidence as requirements evolve.
  • Real-world examples of how warehouse operators use flexible automation to respond to peak demand, labor variability, changing workflows, and growth without redesigning the facility.

Speakers:

Gina Chung, Chief Strategy Officer, Locus Robotics

Moderator:

Robert Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

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