With an automated system that intuitively manages returns, warehouses that face labor shortages can strategically utilize their employees.
A Prologis and MIT study said the holiday peak season in 2020 was the most environmentally friendly yet. E-commerce dominated 2020 consumer buying trends, drastically reducing the number of individual trips to the store.
Reflecting on how consumer behaviors influenced changes in sourcing and shipping.
Buying online and picking up in store puts massive pressure on redistribution centers.
“We’ve had helicopters land on our terminal and we open the container and take one part out, put it on the helicopter and a helicopter flies to the plant. You just can’t do that in nonoperating ports.”
