The lockdowns due to COVID-19 created an overnight boom in e-commerce, forcing many industries to move from traditional brick-and-mortar stores to less visible warehouse-based facilities. The logistics within warehouses have evolved from simple pick-up and drop-off to a far more evolved process that includes optimization and the management of the logistical flow of information along with physical goods and materials.
While the COVID-19 restrictions may have disappeared, the e-commerce share of retail sales continues to stay strong. This transition to e-commerce caught many industries unaware of how to create modern, efficient digital warehouses with secure and efficient communication infrastructure for managing and optimizing logistics operations and increasing efficiency and productivity. While the majority of the warehouses are in the process of transitioning to a modern digital warehouse, many of them continue to suffer from unreliable connectivity issues.
This is where a Mobile Private Network (MPN), especially a Private 5G (P5G) Network, can help significantly resolve many of the Intralogistics challenges due to poor connectivity.
