Smart warehouse: A bibliometric analysis and future research direction

Warehouses are crucial components of the logistics industry because their operational efficiency determines the operational efficiency of the logistics. A warehouse was traditionally thought to be a location where inventory was stored and held before being shipped to customers or distributed to retailers for sale. With the introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies, the warehouse's role has changed dramatically, the scope of warehouse operation has expanded, and the concept of smart warehouse, which denotes increased automation of traditional warehouse functions, has been introduced. Smart warehouses aim to improve overall service quality, productivity, and efficiency while lowering costs and failures. It has emerged as a result of smart technologies, igniting a wave of industry transformation with the potential to bring about dramatic changes. We used the bibliometric analysis method in this paper to analyse and draw conclusions from 295 articles retrieved from the Scopus database between 2017 and June 2022. The methodology used in this paper is divided into four steps: data collection, data analysis, data visualisation, and interpretation. The current study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of smart warehouses using the Bibliometric R-package and VOS viewer software.