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Working in
Warehouses

Project Objectives

  • Understand the nature of work in e-commerce fulfilment warehouses and the employment pressures underpinning labour management practices in the sector

  • Understand how same day/next day delivery dynamics impact warehouse labour process operations

  • Understand the strategic choices underpinning technology preferences for labour process operations in e-commerce fulfilment warehouses

  • Understand the role of warehouse management solutions (WMS) software in re-designing the warehouse labour process operations

  • The influence and dominance of different business models in the sector and their impact on the nature of the labour process operations

  • The potential for the sector to deliver on the Good Work Agenda of the UK Government