By Pramod Ghadge, co-founder and CEO, Unbox Robotics
Global ecommerce has spent the better part of a decade optimising how goods move forward, from warehouse to doorstep.
As online shopping keeps growing worldwide, so does the volume of goods coming back, and most warehouses were never built with the physical infrastructure or the intelligence to handle it.
A global survey of 491 executives across ten manufacturing-centric industries, conducted by Bain & Company, the World Economic Forum and the University of Cambridge, found that 79 percent consider circularity crucial to their business today, yet only 20 percent believe their supply chain capabilities are actually fit for purpose. [Read more…] about Opinion: How AI and robotics are helping retailers navigate the complexities of reverse logistics