Nokia has launched what it says is an “industry-first, true inventory counting capability” for Nokia Autonomous Inventory Monitoring Service (AIMS), enabling warehouse operators to utilize autonomous drones to individually count items, such as eaches, cases or cartons, in any racked inventory location accurately and efficiently.
Nokia points to statistics showing warehouse shrinkage can account for 3-5 percent of a company’s revenue and 25 percent of shrinkage is due to administrative errors.
This, combined with continued pressure to fulfill orders rapidly, has pushed warehouse operators to a tipping point of futureproofing and automating operations to gain a business edge.
The new inventory counting capability adds to Nokia AIMS’ current features of finding misplaced and lost inventory, as well as empty bin detection. [Read more…] about Nokia unveils new system for monitoring warehouse inventory with drones