Companies scrambled to adjust operations as they contended with a protracted pandemic, severe weather and the trapped Ever Given in another difficult year for supply chains.
Supply chain managers are not immune to workplace trends. Quite the contrary: mass resignations are now both an internal and external risk for companies.
The 200,000-square-foot facility in the Charlotte area, which will employ as many as 700 people over five years, is scheduled to open within two years after construction starts.
Higher prices for everything from supplies to freight leave companies without “a release valve for building cost pressures,” Federal Reserve economists said.
The facility in Tennessee will use robots to find items within its storage system and bring them to employees for packing before shipping to customers.
Wallboard and steel are among a number of key material shortages that have hamstrung the construction industry this year, pushing up prices and delaying deliveries.