Warehouse Automation Moves Up the Stack: Symbotic, ARMS Innovations, and the Rise of Operational Intelligence

Warehouse automation has traditionally been measured by physical performance. Executives evaluated systems based on how many cases could be moved per hour, how quickly orders could be picked, how efficiently labor could be utilized, or how much storage density could be achieved. Robotics, automated storage and retrieval systems, conveyors, and autonomous mobile robots have fundamentally transformed the movement of goods inside modern distribution centers.Symbotic’s recent acquisition of UK