Businesses have never been under more pressure to keep their customers satisfied. They’re still contending with the aftershocks of the pandemic, ongoing labor and supply shortages, and a never-ending string of disruptions.
Those, however, are time limited and will pass.
Other changes, like the exponential increase in e-commerce sales and direct-to-consumer deliveries, are permanent. And as those customer requirements continue to evolve, so too are warehouse and distribution center operations and the automation and software that support them.
In our latest Special Digital Issue, Modern Materials Handling has curated several feature stories that neatly encapsulate the evolution of automated systems and the related technologies that are revolutionizing how warehouse and DC operations work.