When the Coronavirus began its scary, unpredictable trek across the US in March and April, Joe Dunlap, head of Supply Chain Advisory for CBRE, checked in with his clients, who are supply chain, logistics, distribution and warehouse industry professionals.
Perhaps not surprisingly, they kept raising the same questions.
They would ask, 'had I been ready for this and had more of my operations automated, would I have less of a strain with labor?' Dunlap says. Another question: If part of my workforce were out of operation for being ill, would I have been able to process better?
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Leslie Shaver
Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.
