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Amazon is on a mission to optimize warehouse work. Its latest test puts wearable devices on support staff.
Amazon is testing wearable devices called Right Station Link to automatically track labor hours for indirect warehouse roles like equipment maintenance and safety coordination. The initiative aims to improve labor tracking accuracy and reduce non-productive hours, targeting $2.8 billion in labor spending for these roles.
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