๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’”๐’•, ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’†

Imagine stepping back in time to visit a large warehousing operation in 1990. If at all it was possible, such an adventure would really throw todayโ€™s distribution center advances into focus.

To save you from a meltdown, letโ€™s take a brief journey through warehouse operating developments from 1990 to 2045. This week let me take you all through the past, present and future of use of technology in theย #warehousingย domain.

So while reading through this series you can shut down the imagination overdrive and cruise through this rundown of technologyโ€™s impact on warehouses and distribution centers.

1990: ๐‘จ ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’š’๐’” ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’”

Welcome to the tour of a logistics warehouse in the late 20th century. Pay attention as we move through the building, because while a lot of things are different to the warehouse of today, many of them appear subtle to the eye, but have huge meaning in terms of warehouse efficiency and productivity.

Perhaps the first thing youโ€™ll notice is just how many people there are. See that supervisor over there, distinguished from the operatives by his different coloured hi-vis vest? Look! Thereโ€™s another supervisor, and another over there, although you can hardly see them for all the operatives moving among the pick faces in that aisle.

Todayโ€™s warehouses need fewer operatives and hence, fewer line managers, because certain labor-reducing technologies have either made labor more efficient or eliminated it altogether. Some of the technologies which we shall discuss in detail later are WMS, Scanning Technologies, Voice Technologies, Warehouse Automation

Now, back to the tourโ€ฆ

Notice how many people on the warehouse floor have paperwork in their hands? In fact, there seems to be paper everywhereโ€ฆ And look up there in the racking. There are rows and rows of file boxes stored on pallets, presumably containing years of paper records and documents. What a wasteful use of good warehouse cube.

Let’s continue discussing these in future posts and till then…

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