The demand for reliable, flexible deliveries is steadily growing from both industrial customers and retail consumers. To fulfil such expectations, supply chains need to be organised so that they are interconnected from end to end – from the source of raw materials to the consumer’s door, continuing through to returns, disposal and recycling. So, this is intralogistics. It involves, within a distribution centre or warehouse, optimising and managing both the logistical flow of physical materials and integrating it with information management.
