With today’s highly dynamic supply chains, warehouse operators need to leverage a variety of strategies and technologies to be able to adapt to changing market demands. From warehouse management software to robotics, automation, AI, and machine learning, tech offerings are wide-ranging and many.
Technology is developed to solve problems, improve efficiency, streamline processes, enhance productivity, and do so much more. In the fast-paced realm of fulfillment, there are a myriad of tools from which to choose, depending upon the problem at hand.
Gone are the days when 3PLs and warehouse operators could manage without the help of technology. When labor costs were low and supply chains were much less complicated, warehouse operations were simpler and tended to be oriented more toward a steadystate.
This did not require as much flexibility and getting by without or with less technology was not as problematic as it is today.