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The Automation Audit

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26 Jul 2026

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Dispatch 26 Jul 2026

Three-quarters of warehouses have no automation at all — and they are brownfield. The retrofit path has its own economics, and its own traps.

Dispatch 26 Jul 2026

Every warehouse-automation business case is the same six lines of arithmetic. Knowing where vendors place their thumbs is the audit skill.

Dispatch 26 Jul 2026

The two architectures solve different problems. The choice turns on order profile, building constraints, and capital posture — not vendor preference.

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