Brick-and-mortar retailers have found an advantage over online retailers by implementing ship from store (SFS). By fulfilling e-commerce orders directly from stores, they can cut the time it takes for orders to reach customers and increase the number of orders they can process across their network. Although the path to an efficient SFS operation is different for each company, following is how the trend will generally evolve in the years ahead.
Pricey real estate, cheaper technology and continued labor challenges will continue to drive automation in tomorrow's distribution centers. What’s on the horizon?