By Andre Luecht, global strategy lead – transport and logistics at Zebra Technologies
While full-site automation grabs headlines, the most decisive trend involves targeted, scalable investments that empower frontline workers, build resilience, and perfect the all-important final customer touchpoint.
Discussions about the future of manufacturing and logistics often conjure images of vast, lights-out facilities operating with near-total autonomy. While these visions capture the imagination, the practical path forward for most organizations in 2026 looks quite different.
Faced with persistent economic uncertainty and intense cost pressures, leaders find themselves questioning the wisdom of massive, high-risk capital expenditures. The real, decisive trend shaping our industry lies not in monolithic, top-down automation but in a more pragmatic, ground-up approach: “pocket automation”. [Read more…] about Perspective from Zebra Technologies: Pocket automation – the pragmatic path to a resilient supply chain in 2026