Is Your Warehouse Scarier than a Stephen King Book?

Warehouse workers and managers, this might sound like a familiar tale…

It's 3:00 a.m. on the graveyard warehouse shift in your fulfillment center during peak season. The winds are howling outside while boxes and pallets are creaking on towering racks inside. A warehouse worker trudges along pushing his heavy cart down endless aisles gathering orders. As he turns down another aisle, a terrifying clown jumps out holding a red balloon!

Okay, so that definitely doesn’t usually happen (hopefully not, anyway!), but working at a monstrously large warehouse on a day or night shift with manual operations can make you feel like you’ve stepped into a horror book.

On the surface, warehouses and Stephen King novels and movies don't have much in common. But peek closer at fulfillment centers that are still stuck in the manual operations past, and the similarities get scary real fast. Let's explore some spooky parallels and how to get your warehouse out of a Stephen King-like tale and into a book with a much happier ending. 

The Human (and Robot) Element

In Stephen King books, there's always some evil force trapping people against their will. Warehouse workers can feel trapped due to shifts of dull, repetitive, tedious work lugging heavy boxes on a cart for up to 15 miles. The mental and physical toll creates an unhappy atmosphere and can lead to associates leaving for a competitor.

LocusBots liberate workers from drudgery by taking over the repetitive tasks of walking and cart pushing. Humans are happier when they work alongside robots and can focus on more brain-using work at pick stations instead of pushing carts through your warehouse.

Safety First

When murder and mayhem strike in a horror story, bodily harm awaits the characters. For unlucky warehouse workers, the risk of injuries never sleeps. Lifting, twisting, pushing, and using forklifts — it's a recipe for strained muscles, wrist damage and worse. 

LocusBots keep associates safe so they can go home pain-free. With LocusBots working along with your human associates, the robots do the heavy lifting and walking, which reduces workplace strains and sprains.

Order Accuracy

Warehouse workers can feel like they’re in a disorienting maze as they traverse warehouse aisles that all look the same to try to pick accurately at top speed. The result? Fulfillment mistakes that unleash customer rage. 

Unlike the maddening hotel with the moving rooms and carpet, LocusBots follow optimal paths flawlessly every time. Advanced navigation and machine learning ensure they never get lost or mispick. Human associates working alongside robots drives warehouse accuracy above 99.9% — a welcomed escape from error-caused dread.

Peak Demand

Nothing ramps up the fright factor like an encroaching monster or murderer on an unstoppable path. For warehouses, it's peak season with wave after wave of orders pouring through the warehouse. Managers must push workers to their physical limits to survive the onslaught. 

When peak season or other demand spikes strike, bringing more LocusBots on through the Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) model is a cinch. Quickly scaling up your robo-workforce keeps operations humming smoothly no matter the volume without pushing your associates past the brink. Banish Your Warehouse Terrors with Robots

Warehouse managers, don't resign yourself to a scary existence! Warehouse automation in the form of LocusBots banish your manual warehouse terrors — boredom, injuries, mistakes, and peak pandemonium — and create an optimized workplace where humans and technology survive and thrive

Let's chat about upgrading to a safer, smarter automated future with Locus Robotics.