Logistics has changed dramatically in the last 30 years, technology became a basic need for the control and operation of the warehouse.

What many collaborators did in a winery such as: palletizing, arranging products, selecting types, shapes or colors, special pallets and labeling various products, can now be done with the help of technological tools.

Picking robots, palletizers, automated forklifts, specialized inventory software and other computer-programmed supports are part of the daily operation in companies.

However, the process that had been slow was accelerated with the Covid-19 where paradigms were broken and where, many companies have had the forced need to migrate to a digital logistics scheme to satisfy customer demand.

A more informed customer, with greater access to competitive options in the market, directed this evolution in the supply chain towards the logistics industry 4.0.

A current that seeks to integrate everything through the internet, that is, that everything can be interconnected to have a high level of traceability and visibility.

The communication will go further, reaching the warehouses, the transportation units and the last mile delivery units, who will know what is about to leave the warehouses, what type of product is in inventory, which SKUs are the most mobile or sold.

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All this technology will come thanks to 5G smart telephone networks, which seek the development of so-called smart cities, but this implies an infrastructure gap and technological migration between what already exists now as 3G, 4G and the new 5G.

For the Internet of Things (IoT) to arrive and logistics 4.0 to be implemented in our country, the first step is to have a large technological infrastructure, which now does not yet exist and which is in a very early phase of installation.

The trend tells us that, in the next five or six years, logistics 4.0 will gain momentum due to public policies that will leverage investments in telecommunications infrastructures of 5G connections and ultra-fast speed internet.

The main benefits will be seen in the control of inventories and operational efficiency of the distribution centers, the neurological point of the supply chain, as well as in the use of drones or autonomous vehicles, without drivers, for the delivery of orders. . This will be very relevant in sites located in remote areas or also for express or emergency deliveries in cities with traffic.

Also the predictive analysis of the behavior of the receivers to reduce the number of failed deliveries and the real-time evaluation of the external conditions to select the best delivery route, and instantaneous adaptation of the routes in case of unforeseen events, will be areas of great changes. the coming year.

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In some regions of the country, mainly where there are automotive manufacturing industries such as Bajío, central and northern Mexico, there is greater investment interest in this type of technology, also the e-commerce sector that will continue with an upward trend for reach its point of maturity, as this sector is the one that has had the greatest need to migrate towards integrated and digital logistics.

Logistics has undergone a surprising revolution due to the arrival of Covid-19, the supply chain has had to change to adapt to the new mobility standards, making use of digitization, but with a greater sense of satisfaction for end consumers.

Logistics will be allied, along with many other areas, to continue providing the experiences that we all want in our day to day. And it is that, without a doubt, the greater the interconnection between the parties involved in the supply chain, the greater the operational efficiency.

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