Green Warehouse Practice: Critical issues in drone technology adoption

Siti Norida Wahab; Hoch Aun Khoo; Veera Pandiyan  Kaliani Sundram; Mohammad Annas

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v8i23.4441

Authors

Siti Norida Wahab Department of Technology and Supply Chain Management Studies , Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Puncak Alam, Malaysia
Khoo Hoch Aun Department of Farm Robotics and Precision Agriculture, GROW Centre, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47170 Selangor, Malaysia
Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram Department of Technology and Supply Chain Management Studies , Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Puncak Alam, Malaysia
Mohammad Annas Faculty of Business, Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Tangerang Banten, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v8i23.4441

Keywords:

Green Warehouse Practice, Drone Technology, Adoption, Issues

Abstract

Businesses are being revolutionised by drones, which are now used in a variety of sectors, including warehouse operations. Drones are portable, highly manoeuvrable, and have both indoor and outdoor flight capabilities. Drones assist in streamlining the overall inventory management process for monitoring and inspection in support of green warehousing practices (GWP). Although the use of drone technology is rapidly expanding and is trending upward, relatively few studies on the subject have been published and there is a great need for scholarly study in this field. Thus, this study aims to identify several issues faced by warehouse operators.

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