Shantha Martin 
Chief Executive Officer – Global Freight Forwarding at NTC LOGISTICS
Innovative technologies influence logistics and its marketing in many ways. Advancements in the digitalization of supply chain including automation of logistics process such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), smart sensors, big data and Artificial Intelligence has paved the way forward. Technological advances such as these are effectively being used in both internal and external logistics processes.
The existence of the human race, is a story of survival; in the midst the vagaries of our existence, we have innovated and we have evolved. The unexpected vicissitudes has always brought with itself lessons, which have caused a paradigm shift in behavior; be it our daily routine, our lifestyles, our choices and in the way we conduct the businesses of our life.” Keeping this dimension of change simple for a management undergraduate and limiting it to a business scenario, we need to open up a new chapter.
Warehouse management continues to evolve. Now, that we are in 2020, the warehouse is a carefully managed control center. It is a strategic hub of e-commerce within an overarching supply chain. Exciting as it, the business landscape has transformed, with the arrival of many different challenges, some of which depend on where in the world the warehouse operations are located.