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1 month ago | 
supplychainmoves.co | Rueben Scriven
The latest round of tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump is set to create significant disruptions in global supply chains, impacting multiple industries, including the warehouse automation sector. As we continue analyzing the long-term implications of these tariffs and updating our market models accordingly, we wanted to share our initial impressions. Below, we outline what we believe to be the six most significant effects of these tariffs on the warehouse automation market.
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2 months ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Rueben Scriven
The latest round of tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump is set to create significant disruptions in global supply chains, impacting multiple industries, including the warehouse automation sector. As Interact Analysis continues analyzing the long-term implications of these tariffs and updating its market models accordingly, the research firm wanted to share its initial impressions.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com | Rueben Scriven |Hazel King
Globally, Interact Analysis’ market forecast projections for warehouse automation revenue have come down slightly from the November 2023 forecast. However, when you drill down to specific regions, we see a more nuanced picture. In the US, for example, projections have increased thanks to higher consumer spending, improved attitude toward the economy and Amazon starting to invest again.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
foodlogistics.com | Rueben Scriven
Interact Analysis released its mid-year forecast updates for warehouse automation. Its latest forecasts show a slight negative correction, relative to the November 2023 forecast release. However, the real story is more nuanced, with several markets experiencing higher-than-expected growth. Here’s how the macro-economic environment has changed over the last 6 months, and how this affects warehouse automation investments. For simplicity, it’s broken down geographically: Global.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | Chris Vavra |Adam Zewe |Irene Zhang |Rueben Scriven
The material handling industry is going through many changes as automation and the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are changing what’s possible. Two aspects that are having among the biggest changes and transformation are mobile robots and warehousing. Interact Analysis researchers Ash Sharma and Rueben Scriven discussed what this means for manufacturing at Modex in Atlanta and how mobile robots are impacting warehousing and vice versa.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | Chris Vavra |Adam Zewe |Irene Zhang |Rueben Scriven
Warehouse automation insights The warehouse industry has transformed from a dire state 20 years ago to an exciting era driven by Industry 4.0. Automation, fueled by efficiency, drives global growth, especially in the U.S. Five current trends, including e-commerce growth and workforce challenges, propel warehouse automation. Upcoming trends like actionable data and robotics-as-a-service promise significant impact, reflecting continuous industry evolution.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
plantengineering.com | Adam Zewe |Irene Zhang |Rueben Scriven |Chris Vavra
AI and warehousing insights MIT researchers developed a deep-learning model to optimize robotic warehouse efficiency, applying AI traffic congestion ideas, decongesting groups of robots nearly four times faster. The neural network encodes robot trajectories, origins, and relationships, streamlining computation by efficiently considering shared information, enhancing real-time operations in large warehouses.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
insidelogistics.ca | Rueben Scriven
During the pandemic, we saw record levels of warehouse automation investments, driven by higher e-commerce sales and a boom in speculative warehouse construction. However, fast forward to today and the warehouse automation market is struggling with declining order intake and prolonged sales cycles, which led to a contraction in 2022 and another declining year in 2023.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
plantengineering.com | Rueben Scriven |Chris Vavra
Warehouse automation insightsWarehouse automation’s role is growing as demand remains strong. Picking the right software solutions, such as warehouse execution system (WES) or a warehouse management system (WMS) can have an enormous and positive impact on operations. Benefits include improving execution capabilities and becoming more agile and scalable, which is a necessity as manufacturing becomes customized and tailored to individual needs.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
plantengineering.com | Chris Vavra |Rueben Scriven
Top 5 Plant Engineering content over the past week covered warehouse construction, Product of the Year winners, machine maintenance efficiency and more. Links to each article below. 1. Warehouse construction recovery expected in 2024 After a downturn in 2023, warehouse construction is expected to rebound in 2024 and beyond according to Interact Analysis research. 2.
