Vertical Voices focuses on specific verticals within the supply chain, highlighting the latest trends and news. It appears on the fourth Monday of each month. This month, we are looking at warehousing. If you are interested in future topics, you can see a full list of upcoming topics on our Editorial Calendar. Just a decade ago, only about 5% of warehouses had some form of automation. Today, nearly one-quarter do, and that number is only going to increase as legacy warehouses and industry sectors adopt more automation. Andy Williams, vice president of North America for Exotec, tells Supply Chain Management Review that industries such as consumer product goods (CPG), industrial and automotive have been slower to adopt automation compared to other sectors such as e-commerce fulfillment. But, that is changing, and bodes well for the warehouse automation space in the years ahead as the industry rebounds from a slower 2024. “Even in industries like CPG you are seeing some really significant changes,” he says. “They didn’t have e-commerce a few years ago and
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