WAREHOUSES
Get smarter Warehouses. Big and clever? By Thomas Hainzel
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s vaccination programs take effect, the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel begins to glimmer more brightly. For warehousing, it also casts light on imminent investment decisions to be made. Right now, industry impetus is behind bigger warehouses. But is there also a case for warehouses getting smarter, as well as larger? Supply chain has been under the spotlight for more than a year. Too much or too little
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inventory, challenging staffing arrangements, an instantaneous boom in e-commerce, combined with an equally immediate shift to omni-channel have each contributed to supply chain stress. Many industry experts are focusing on long-term predictions about how to face the future. In some quarters, it’s suggested that a reset of near-shore and offshore logistics can reduce localized over-dependency. Elsewhere, it’s proposed that just-in-time manufacturing,
