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They're replacing some "meatbags", in the next decade. And they only add Kiva to new warehouses, they haven't been retrofitting. So they'll have "meatbags" for
by hiddencost 11y ago
They're replacing some "meatbags", in the next decade. And they only add Kiva to new warehouses, they haven't been retrofitting. So they'll have "meatbags" for a while. If they can build a compelling warehouse assistant HUD they'll then sell it to others and then expand into larger markets like everything else they do?
If they can get something compelling for 5 years that saves 10% on labor, that's billions of dollars and established expertise in a major market.
- exhilaration 11y ago> ...they'll then sell it to others... But they didn't do that with Kiva, they stopped selling those awesome warehouse robots the minute they bought the company.
- rasz_pl 11y agoretroffiting probably wouldnt work due to layoffs compensation, severance package etc. Instead they will shut whole warehouses and replace them with cheaper ones. They already did that in Europe (moved from Germany to Poland)