Companies need to take a more strategic view of their operations in order to maximize labor productivity and resource scarcity. Data scientists will play a critical role in helping to make warehouse workers jobs easier and driving the machine learning that will empower better productivity and business sustainability. Utilizing data requires a layered approach, with each layer building upon the foundation laid by the others, like a pyramid. Companies should start by collecting as much data as they can and storing it, and then move on to identifying the right data and creating a plan.