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About C. Thompson 

Thompson is an executive with Tompkins Robotics with 30+ years of managing multimillion-dollar supply chain and logistics projects in the Americas, Europe and ANZ across a diverse field of industries including retail, eCommerce, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, utilities, consumer products, and industrial products.  Past and current clients include Nordstrom, Walmart, Target, Advanced Auto Parts, Medtronic, and Newell Brands.   Areas of expertise are sales and business development; strategic supply chain planning; distribution network design; facilities design; logistics; and transportation optimization; automated fulfillment operations; and robotics – the latter being the central design of all currently managed projects.  Thompson joined Tompkins Robotics in 2017 and help develop both the solution and the organization into a global leader in delivering robotic supply chain solutions.  In his current role as EVP of Customer Operations, Thompson is responsible for all delivery and service-related aspects of the business while maintaining active roles in business development, sales, and account management.

Maximising G2P investment via the integration of robotic unit sortation 

The modern robotics Goods to Person technologies offer much more efficient solutions than the legacy solutions, however the recent evolution of integrating robotic unit sortation to their pick ports to increase the picks per presentation is proving to deliver a multitude of benefits.  Learn how to identify if this evolution is a fit for your next fulfillment operation.

3 Key Learnings

Integrated Robotics G2P and Unit sortation solutions deliver:
-Increased picker efficiency by 50+%
-Lowered investment by 25+%
-Significantly shorten cycle times