| |October 20178CIOReview IN MY OPINIONWAREHOUSE TRENDS THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR OPERATIONSBy Patrick Viney, Vice President - Retail Industry Strategy APAC, JDA Softwarehe Digital Supply Chain Transformation is happening faster than the physical supply chain can react, requiring hybrid solutions in semi-automated environments where humans and robots work side by side. New incentives to modernize operational capabilities should be added that capture efficiencies not achieved previously, while laying the foundation of a digitized supply chain, continuously re- evaluating plans and evolving for optimal performance. Retailers and Manufacturers need to consider the impacts of their omni channel operations in this new paradigm.This article will review some of the trends that will impact warehouse operations over the coming years. Higher workforce expectations, especially related to the availability of advanced technology. As technology continues to pervade our daily lives, the warehouse worker will also have renewed expectations of their general working conditions. Interactions with workers will develop along the lines of "app-like" systems. Automation and robotics will see greater adoption within most warehouses in order to deal with the increased volumes and improvements in efficiencies. E-Commerce is driving service expectations to levels that may not be achieved without the use of high speed picking alternatives to manual operations. Continued innovation has reduced costs of entry for automated capabilities, delivering improved business case justification for automation in many forms. Collaborative robots will be seen working next to their human counterparts. Regulatory compliance will become more of a focus for emerging markets such as India. Compliance in the form of labour laws as well as compliance to food safety regulations will be become more prevalent in the coming years. As a result, track and trace tools will be increasingly adopted in tomorrow's warehouses to monitor product movements. These will be critical to both food and pharmaceutical industries.Compressed order processing times will be required to meet aggressive same-day delivery demands. As e-commerce continues to mature in India we will see customers' delivery expectations migrate for several days to next day to same day. These expectations will place greater demands on the responsiveness of the TJDA Software is the leading supply chain provider with a client roster including 73 of the top 100 retailers, 71 of the top 100 consumer goods companies, and 13 of the top 16 3PLs.
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