India has been one of the fastest-growing economies in the world over the past decade. This growth has been fuelled by several factors, including increased foreign investment, rapid urbanisation, and rising disposable incomes. One of the sectors that have significantly benefited from this economic growth is the warehousing industry. Let's navigate through the last decade that redefined the evolution of the warehousing industry in India. Transforming go downs to efficient warehouses Earlier, a storage facility was a haphazard space called a "godown". They were only used to reserve raw materials for manufacturing or supplying products. Moreover, the shortage of space wouldn't allow movable machinery, thus relying entirely on manual labour for operations. Also, there were no safety protocols followed in these confined spaces. As the manufacturing/production demands started increasing, the storage and handling of materials in automated and organised form became necessary...
