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Midsize Companies Adopt Warehouse Automation

Enhance Productivity and Safety & Prepare for Increasingly Digital Markets

Warehouse automation has many benefits for small and midsize manufacturing and distribution companies, including increased productivity and safety, improved accuracy and cost savings, and greater adaptability for an increasingly digital world.

Today’s companies are no strangers to digital disruption, and if you have not already begun your digital transformation, you are indeed planning on it. To keep up in an ever-changing, increasingly fast-paced marketplace, midsize manufacturing and distribution companies introduce digital strategies into their warehouses. The biggest buzzword in recent years? Warehouse automation.

The global warehouse automation market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 14%, reaching $30 billion by 2026 (3). This should come as no surprise since companies of all sizes have been increasing automation for several years. A recent study suggests that over 85% of  Warehouses have already begun to reap the benefits of incorporating automation in their business processes (3). During the first half of 2019 alone, North American companies spent $869 million on more than 16,400 robots (2). And this rapid growth shows no signs of stopping! 43% of companies have warehouse automation as an investment priority (3). Warehouse automation has many benefits for small and midsize manufacturing and distribution companies, including increased productivity and safety, improved accuracy and cost savings, and greater adaptability for an increasingly digital world.

SOURCE:

  1. https://www.conveyco.com/warehouse-automation-statistics/
  2. https://financesonline.com/supply-chain-trends/
  3. https://www.selecthub.com/warehouse-management/warehouse-automation-trends/

“The level of automation we now have is awesome. We can effectively track every part of our operations in real time and effectively manage
each facet of our omnichannel strategy.  Visibility into our inventory at every location is crystal clear and we have instant access to all of our sales, customer and production data. As a result, we can make better decisions and better manage our growth process.”

– Nora Orozco, President, BED|STÜ

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