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Running the machine faster : acceleration, humans and warehousing
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.1782
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Conference Paper
Date Issued
2018-09-13
Sprache
English
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First published in
Number in series
25
Start Page
3
End Page
22
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epubli
To reduce the lead-time, modern logistics seeks to respond faster by accelerating physical and information flows. However, what are the impacts on logistics workers of an ever-faster logic? The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between process acceleration and the autonomy of order pickers. The method is to use exploratory qualitative research, based on fifteen visits to different regional
distribution centers (RDCs) in the retail supermarket sector. The contribution of this paper is to apply Rosa’s (2013) social acceleration theory to the specific context of logistics warehousing and to demonstrate how speeding up order picking systems is a key driver of change that has an impact on worker autonomy.
distribution centers (RDCs) in the retail supermarket sector. The contribution of this paper is to apply Rosa’s (2013) social acceleration theory to the specific context of logistics warehousing and to demonstrate how speeding up order picking systems is a key driver of change that has an impact on worker autonomy.
Subjects
acceleration
autonomy
warehousing
order picking
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft
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