145 cent of the supply chain workforce is currently at or beyond retirement age , according to the BLS ,” the report says .

Another caution in the CBRE report is the growth of the labor force past and present . Between 1970 and 1990 the growth in the labor force averaged 1.9 percent per decade . The growth forecast for 2010 to 2030 is just 0.5 percent . As CBRE concludes : “ This trend is particularly alarming for the industrial and logistics sector considering that a single onemillion square foot modern fulfillment

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