How important is the warehouse in the chain of economic value added?
Initial situations are very different here. In some ways, inventory cost within the supply chain is not the essential factor compared to transportation costs for example. On the other hand, the right warehouse at the right location can save enormous amounts of money. Retail strives toward increasingly larger central warehouses. From your point of view, is this a smart thing to do? Yes, centralization of warehouse locations creates significant cost reductions and synergies, especially as far as personnel expenses are concerned. Ownership, Leasing or rent – where does the trend go in warehousing? Do leasing contracts run shorter than ever? The trend keeps moving toward a leasing solution, which also makes the most sense. If anything, the duration for new construction leases and first time use is longer, since no leasing period under ten years is possible at the moment due to the economic crisis. With inventory leases, periods of three to five years are the norm. Are the developments in r
