Keynote: A look forward warehousing and supply chains in 2021 and beyond - The Future of Logistics Real Estate
The logistics warehouse of the future will be heavily automated, purpose-built for e-commerce and ready for tenants to \u201cplug in\u201d and go live almost immediately, a top executive for distribution giant Ingram Micro said Tuesday.\nKeynoting FreightWaves\u2019 daylong webinar on the future of logistics warehousing, Ken Beyer, executive vice president and president of commerce and life cycle services for the Irvine, California-based company, said developers must focus on building design and construction to fully support the e-commerce requirements of small to midsize businesses that will enter the segment in droves in the years ahead.\xa0\nSpeaking with Prologis Inc. COO Gary Anderson, Beyer said developers would be well-served to follow the \u201cdata-center\u201d model in which businesses outsource their information management needs to companies with massive data centers and have their data reside in the cloud for easy, secure access. Gone \u2014 or fast going \u2014 are the days when companies kept servers in large data rooms, and maintained them at huge financial and manpower costs, he said.\n\xa0\nApple Podcast\nSpotify\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\nWatch\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices