Is e-commerce passing depots by?
NewsIn the late 1980s and early 1990s, the container depot industry, urged by its leasing and steamship line customers, began investing significantly in computer systems. Collectively the industry was open to the adoption of information technologies. Developments in data capture devices, messaging systems and global communications promised significant cost reductions, operating and billing efficiencies and improved customer service. A worldwide network of companies exchanging information without dat