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Challenges of warehousing in China

Dr. Charles Guowen Chang, director of the China Development Institute in Beijing, made a presentation on warehousing at this year&rsquo;s Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) annual meeting in Orlando. Below are a few of the key points discussed, as cited from the MHM staff writers: <br /><br /><ul><li>Nearly 40% of warehousing in China is done manually.<br /></li><li>43.8%&nbsp; of warehousing activities consist of a mix of mechanical and manual operations.</li><li>16% of warehousing has some automation and IT infrastructure.</li><li>About 5% of warehouses have good IT systems (according to Dr. Chang)</li><li>Existing warehouses are in heavily populated areas, making truck traffic difficult.</li><li>Lift truck usage is up 70% <br /></li><li>RFID and wireless infstracture usage at ports</li></ul><br /> 10 application/xml false china distribution china logistics china RFID china supply chain china transportation china warehouse china warehousing china WMS Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 94086 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web