Industry, in the logistics and distribution stage of its value chain, is being led by those who have excelled in their cost-competitive strategy and who also manage to build their services around customer needs. Against this backdrop, the current situation acts as an accelerator for the main challenges and trends in the sector, particularly in these five specific areas: Automation & smart warehousing, planning, transport, delivery, and cargo integrity and security throughout the value chain.
Focused on the automation of repetitive, costly or low-value processes that can be automated to speed them up or reduce errors, with a number of key warehouse automation technologies and solutions considered.