Over the past two years the$$ e$-$commerce unit's sales increased$82\%.$ Even as vaccines make it safer to return to physical$$ stores, many customers are sticking to online shopping habits picked up during pandemic lockdowns.

$$Source: The Wall Street Journal$($Oct$.28,2021).$

Part $6$

Critical Thinking Questions

$1.$ Automated$$ high$-$tech warehouses

A$.$

are critical to Saks because of exploding online sales.

B$.$

must be operated by $3$rd party$$ vendors, such as GXO.

C$.$

will die out once COVID has been eliminated.

D$.$

are cheap and easy to implement.

E$.$

$$don$\text{'}$t need to employ humans.

Part $7$

$2.$ Cobots are

A$.$

there to replace humans.

B$.$

$$six$-$foot tall robots on wheels.

C$.$

four times as fast as traditional robots.

D$.$

just one tool to automated warehouse design.

E$.$

going to increase$$ Saks' sales dramatically.