One year after the pandemic hit, warehouses are still dealing with labor shortages, safety precautions and other disruptions associated with a disaster that can throw a wrench in normal operations.

Alex Wakefield, chief executive officer of Longbow Advantage, says the inability of warehouses to take full advantage of the data that’s available to them is a greater threat to supply chain continuity than a containership blocking the Suez Canal.

Why it's more important than ever for manufacturers and distributors to automate their supply chains, or pay the high costs associated with not going digital.