Display news overview  Creating the 'green' automated warehouse
The increasing need for sustainability in logistics appears to
be at odds with the increasing automation of warehouses and
distribution centres. But Vanderlande uses five facts to
demonstrate how ‘green’ improvements can be made in an automated
warehouse.  Sustainability and logistics  The demand for
sustainable solutions in the supply chain has increased greatly
in the last few years. Under the ‘green’ theme, companies and
governments have started a large number of zero emission
campaigns with marketing, behavioural stimulation and/or
operational cost savings as the leading motives.  Until now, the
possible CO2 savings in air and road transportation was often
chosen as an area of attention. As a result of the strong
increase in the automation of warehouse logistic processes, the
warehouse has now been placed on the agenda as well.
Assumptions and facts  Vanderlande’s 'Sustainability' internal
working group began an investigation more than a y