While You Delay Automation, Shortages Keep Coming
Retail supply disruptions expose warehouse staffing gaps. TakeYours speeds receiving, picking, and shipping with minimal training time.
TakeYours as a practical tool against staffing shortages
A way out of the labor dead end
Multiple media reports say large retail chains in several regions faced food-supply disruptions. Shortages hit staples such as bread, cereals, flour, and bottled water — most acutely in Kostroma, Yaroslavl, and Ivanovo regions, Lenta.ru reports.
X5 Group, which runs Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, and Chizhik, attributed disruptions to labor shortages at distribution centers.
Telegram channel Mash linked shortages at major retailers’ logistics centers to police raids against illegal migration.
A labor-market imbalance — overemphasis on “white-collar” careers plus a demographic dip — pushed employers to alternative ways to fill the gap.
Many domestic companies filled roles with workers from CIS countries. After geopolitical escalation, many returned home to wait out uncertainty, and currency conditions made Russia less attractive even for lower-skill foreign labor. Domestic labor was never plentiful.
So what to do? Keep relying on low-skill foreign labor that may leave at the first shock? Try attracting domestic workers with higher pay and better conditions — costly and slow? Or deploy warehouse management automation?
TakeYours is an effective answer to warehouse staffing shortages
It multiplies the speed of core warehouse processes: receiving and put-away, order picking, and order issue.
On receiving, the system suggests the cell for put-away. For fast picking it calculates a route, shows it on screen, lights the pick cell, displays the item image, and the required quantity.
The system is intuitive and easy to learn. Effective work can start in about five minutes. No special skills are required — suitable for unprepared, lower-skilled staff.
Dependence on trained warehouse staff who “know where everything is” falls. A departing employee can be replaced without material loss. You keep picking and shipping on time, meeting customer commitments — the basis of business growth.
Overall, Russian business has little path forward without broad automation and information systems in production management. These measures support sustainable growth as the labor market shrinks and demographics worsen.
Reducing dependence on foreign labor is also a step toward operational resilience.
Who is TakeYours for?
- You own or manage a business
- Your organization ships large volumes daily
- Your warehouse has a wide assortment and picking takes too long
- You want faster picking and higher productivity
- You need effective warehouse management
- You want growth without heavy dependence on foreign labor
- You value operational stability
Then TakeYours is a strong fit.
Contact us for a consultation. We will tailor a solution to your business tasks.
Act now — while you wait, others are already deploying.
Originally published on Dzen