Comparative Analysis of Standardized Warehouses and Traditional Manual Warehouses

Abstract

In the current systems of supply lines where the smooth execution of warehousing and sorting processes is the focus of operation as the decisive means to carry out a logistic system efficiently. As the development and penetration of e-commerce "Double 11" shopping festival, the management of other logistics is more challenging due to the unprecedented surge of orders. Traditional manual warehouse will need a great amount of labour to undertake picking and sorting labour, and will rely on increased numbers of shifts, increased numbers of people in peak periods and therefore, require temporary workers too. In contrast, the standard warehouse with connected information and automation devices and information systems has an efficient yet stable capacity, and the capacity is appropriately maintained during the peak time, and the quality is well maintained as well. The research is examining the differences between automated ware housing compared to the manual ware housing with the help of production efficiency and labor cost analysis as JD Logistics and SF Express Holding automated warehouses that have advantages in longer durations and may be costly depending on construction time; and are popular for their cost-efficiency. Manuel warehouse was developed with retained value of flexibility coupled with low barrier to entry. Overall, automated warehouse will be the mainstream solution; whereas manual warehouse will be used as a supporting solution in some cases.