What method does your organization use to gauge or evaluate productivity in each of the following areas?

Every year, the survey asks how the present state of the economy is affecting spending on materials handling equipment and related technologies. This being the first “post pandemic” equipment survey,…

When asked how present year spending will compare to the previous year, 41% foresee increased spending, up from 36% on this question last year. Additionally, when asked how spending will change in…

Interest in increased investment in software and IT solutions is seen in multiple results from this year’s survey. When asked what percentage of overall spending will be on either…

When asked to break down which IS subcategories they will be spending on during the next 12 months, categories on the upswing this year include bar coding and data capture (up 9%…

Current use and anticipated interest in robotics held fairly steady, which could be considered a victory for the category given the smaller size of many companies in the response base,…

Apart from the survey, the use of robotics by many larger DC operators and 3PLs is growing and even becoming more mainstream. For this respondent mix, interest in robotics and…

Pressures associated with e-commerce fulfillment, such as labor availability and tighter cycle times, are reflected in the survey. When asked about the most important issues affecting DCs today as well…

Another finding in the survey that ties into the healthy interest in IT and software is the strong level of respondent interest in having automated processes for gathering and using…