With the rapid development of science and technology, the warehousing industry has ushered in unprecedented changes. In this change, the contrast between intelligent warehousing and traditional warehousing is also more and more prominent. Traditional warehousing, with its long history and mature mode of operation, has always been an important part of the logistics industry. However, with the emergence of big data, information technology and other advanced technologies, intelligent warehousing is emerging with its unique advantages, to promote the warehousing industry to the direction of efficient, intelligent development.

From traditional warehousing to intelligent warehousing, how big is this step? Let us from the labor costs, operational efficiency, information transparency, space utilization and response speed of these five aspects to analyze and interpret.

Labor Costs: Intelligent warehousing through the use of automated warehousing equipment and information technology to reduce the dependence on labor, reducing the labor costs of enterprises. Traditional warehousing mainly relies on manpower and simple mechanical equipment for handling, classification, storage, warehousing and transportation of goods, the labor cost is higher. At the same time, traditional warehousing is also prone to increase the operational risk of enterprises due to the limitations and instability of manual operation.

Operational efficiency: Intelligent warehousing provides fast and accurate handling of goods through automated and intelligent equipment and technology. Whether it is warehousing, classification, storage or out of the warehouse, intelligent warehousing can be completed with higher efficiency, greatly reducing the operating time and improving the overall efficiency of warehousing. The traditional warehousing operations usually rely on human operation, manual operation progress is not controllable, the operation speed is slow, the operation efficiency is relatively low. Especially when dealing with large quantities of goods, manual operation is prone to errors, increasing unnecessary labor costs and time costs.

Degree of information transparency: Intelligent warehousing through information technology, real-time collection and monitoring of information on goods in the warehouse. Managers can always understand the location, quantity and status of goods and other information, realizing the transparency of information. In contrast, the management of cargo information in traditional warehousing usually relies on paper documents or simple spreadsheets, making it difficult to track and query the cargo in real time and accurately, which leads to unclear location of the cargo and opaque logistics information, affecting the operational efficiency of the entire warehouse.

Space utilization: Intelligent warehousing is based on big data and information technology to optimize the warehouse layout. Through the storage location of goods, shelf design, channel planning and other scientific and reasonable arrangements to improve the space utilization rate of warehousing. The shelf design and management of traditional warehousing is mostly unreasonable, resulting in a waste of storage space. In addition, traditional warehousing due to the lack of effective space planning and optimization means, the storage and movement of goods also become difficult.

Response speed: Intelligent warehousing can provide faster, more accurate and more reliable cargo handling and delivery services due to information transparency and high operational efficiency, which can quickly respond to market changes and customer demand, and help enterprises to improve market competitiveness and meet the diversified needs of customers. Traditional warehousing due to information opacity and operational inefficiency, in response to market changes and to meet customer demand is often slow to respond, difficult to quickly adapt to the new market environment and demand changes, which greatly affects the market competitiveness of enterprises and customer satisfaction.

In the field of modern warehousing, traditional warehousing and intelligent warehousing in many aspects there are significant differences. With the continuous development of science and technology, intelligent warehousing has become an inevitable choice for the transformation and upgrading of traditional warehousing. More and more enterprises tend to introduce intelligent warehousing, aimed at improving warehousing efficiency, reducing labor costs, real-time inventory monitoring and forecasting, and optimizing storage space.