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Digital tools supported greener warehousing practices

A wide shot of a modern warehouse interior showing hundreds of organized storage compartments or lockers arranged in a grid pattern, with warm and cool-toned lighting creating a uniform, systematic appearance typical of automated inventory management systems.
Research area:EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringDigital Transformation in Industry

What the study found

Digitalization, automation, and robotization were found to support the implementation of green logistics principles in warehousing operations. The study says these digital technologies already serve as a systematic enabler of green logistics within the organization, but their environmental benefits have not yet been quantified.

What the authors say this matters
The authors say warehouses are energy-intensive parts of logistics and important for decarbonization, and the findings indicate that digital technologies may help reduce the environmental footprint of warehouse activities. They also conclude that future research should measure changes in energy use and CO2 emissions under different warehousing scenarios.

What the researchers tested

The researchers combined a scientific literature review and document content analysis with semi-structured interviews with company managers and logistics professionals. They examined how warehouse management systems, information-system integration, RFID technology, automation, and robotization relate to green logistics in warehousing operations.

What worked and what didn't

The results indicate that implementing a warehouse management system (Vision Equinox), integrating information systems, and adopting RFID technology can reduce paper-based processes, improve picking accuracy and internal routing, shorten loading and unloading times, and may decrease the risk of human error. The abstract also states that these changes can support more efficient resource use and may contribute to lower energy consumption and a reduced environmental footprint, but it does not quantify those environmental effects.

What to keep in mind

The abstract states that the environmental benefits have not yet been quantified. It also does not provide detailed limitations beyond the need for future measurement of energy use and CO2 emissions.

Key points

  • Digitalization, automation, and robotization supported green logistics principles in warehousing operations.
  • A warehouse management system, information-system integration, and RFID technology reduced paper-based processes and improved operational accuracy.
  • The study says these technologies may lower energy use and the environmental footprint of warehouse activities, but the effects were not quantified.
  • The authors conclude that future research should measure energy use and CO2 emissions in different warehousing scenarios.

Disclosure

Research title:
Digital tools supported greener warehousing practices
Authors:
Diana Šateikiene, Kovalevskaja, Juliana,
Institutions:
Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija / Higher Education Institution
Publication date:
2026-03-10
DOI:
10.3390/world7030043
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