Running the Machine Faster: Acceleration, Humans and Warehousing

Thierry Sauvage (), Tony Cragg, Sarrah Chraibi and Oussama El Khalil Houssaini
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Thierry Sauvage: LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM], ESLI - École supérieure de logistique industrielle
Tony Cragg: ESLI - École supérieure de logistique industrielle
Sarrah Chraibi: ESLI - École supérieure de logistique industrielle
Oussama El Khalil Houssaini: ESLI - École supérieure de logistique industrielle

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Abstract: 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 methodis 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.

Keywords: logistic; warehousing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-09
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Published in Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL), Sep 2018, Hamburg, Germany

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