But meeting the needs of eCommerce distribution has introduced a somewhat different set of requirements. First, you will need to handle more and a wider variety of customers, products, weights and sizes. Second, you will need to manage different channels of distribution, from delivering to traditional retail outlets, to increasingly making ‘last mile’ deliveries directly to consumers’ homes. To meet the new demands of eCommerce distribution with traditional warehouse guidelines, you would have to place every product in your warehouse be close to the loading dock.