摘要: |
The main findings of our annual "Warehouse Operations & Trends Survey" have been consistent the last few years: rising budgets for warehouse and distribution center (DC) automation, coupled with deep concern about being able to find and retain warehouse staff. This year's pool of respondents-readers involved with running warehouse and DC operations-now have other concerns that topped the staffing issue, and when we asked about capital expenditure (capex) plans for the coming year, it was lower than last year. This year's respondent pool did have more smaller companies in the mix than last year; but nevertheless, it broke a string of three straight years of the survey in which the capex outlook question showed growing budgets. Could this be the winds of change? |