Topic
The transformation of warehouses through a 5.0 lens represents a crucial challenge for contemporary logistics. The integration of advanced automation with the human factor opens new perspectives for efficiency, sustainability, and resilience, while also posing critical issues related to land use, generated traffic, and environmental impacts.
The WISE Project – Warehouse 5.0: Integrating Sustainability and Human Factors for Enhanced Value Creation was launched with the goal of studying and promoting warehouse models capable of combining technological innovation, worker well-being, and sustainable territorial development. Through a multidisciplinary approach and collaboration with companies and institutions, the project aims to highlight the role of the warehouse as a driver of economic growth and social and environmental sustainability.
Objectives
- Assess the territorial impact of Warehouse 5.0, evaluating positive effects such as employment and innovation, alongside challenges including traffic and land consumption.
- Identify solutions to integrate automation and people, creating safer, healthier, and more comfortable working environments.
- Provide practical guidelines for companies and institutions to design innovative and sustainable warehouses capable of balancing efficiency, environmental performance, and worker well-being.
Results
The WISE – Warehouse 5.0 project aims to assess the environmental and economic impacts of a 5.0 warehouse on the surrounding territory. Expected outcomes include the development of guidelines for designing logistic spaces that integrate automation with worker well-being, the identification of solutions to reduce environmental and territorial impacts, and the enhancement of the warehouse’s role as a driver of economic and social development.
The findings will be disseminated through reports, scientific and industry publications, as well as presentations at conferences and events promoted by the Green Transition Hub.
The research is currently ongoing.
Information
Ing. Martina Baglio – [email protected]
Ing. Martina Farioli – [email protected]
