CHANGING REQUIREMENTS: INDUSTRY MANDATES PROPEL WAREHOUSE UPGRADES

Warehouse executives said technology upgrades are being driven in part by the demand to comply with changing customer requirements. Barcoding inbound items: expected to increase from 59 percent to 78 percent by 2020. Increasing use of Advanced Ship Notice (ASN): projected to increase from 36 percent to 50 percent by 2020. Meeting GDSN standards: the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) enables trading partners to exchange business data automatically. Hence, when a supplier or retailer, for example, updates it database, the other is updated too. The GDSN’s package measurement standards will increase from 25 percent to 45 percent over the next five years. Implementing RFID technology: poised to expand from 23 percent to 42 percent by 2020. www.dqindia.com