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STORAGE, HANDLING & LOGISTICS

On-Demand Warehousing With warehouse vacancy
4rates dwindling, down to 10% of space needed in Russia and
even lower in the UK and US, on-demand is the next step in
collaborative logistics. The company which calls itself the
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“marketplace for warehouse space”, is a new system that seeks to
offer the maximum warehouse space available for all customers.
The idea is simple. Register on the company website and you
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will be able to see available warehouse space posted by operators
with room to spare. Likewise, operators can advertise their spare See the other
space to those who need it fast. Some spectators have called this
the “Airbnb of warehousing” after the popular peer-to-peer
accommodation service. 5 Warehousing Technology
The idea is to offer businesses the ability to be more adaptive
in their warehousing. Seasonal stock can be held separate from Innovations
main warehouses, in order to save space, or returns can be handled
and processed faster. in the next issue of

Head in the Cloud Cloud storage has revolutionised
5many industries and logistics is no different. By implementing
self-updating and hosted computer systems, cloud storage offers Food Focus Thailand.
many benefits to warehousing include cutting down on maintenance,
infrastructure and labour costs that come from the installation and
upgrading of warehouse management systems.
Many warehouses that are operating on “legacy systems”, i.e.
those that are out-of-date or obsolete, will be making the switch to
cloud technology for the reasons above. Another benefit is that cloud
storage systems are often self-updating. This means that, instead
of replacing talented tech-savvy members of the team once they
leave, a system can be implemented that is cost effective and easy
to use by all members of staff.

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