Warehousing: materials handling expenditure by investment U.S. 2018

This statistic depicts the share of warehouse and distribution center operators spending on materials handling equipment, technologies, services and solutions in the United States between 2015 and 2018, broken down by investment type. During the 2018 survey, 14 percent of respondents reported they were investing in automated guided vehicles.

Share of warehouse and distribution center operators in the United States investing in materials handling between 2015 and 2018, by type

Characteristic	Material handling equipment	Fork lifts and lift trucks	Technology information systems*	Conveyors and sortation equipment	Robotics	Automated guided vehicles
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Release date

March 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 to 2018

Number of respondents

315 respondents

Special properties

readers of Logistics Management and Modern Materials Handling in January 2018.

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

Number of respondents prior to 2018 survey not stated by the source.
Limited to the percentage of overall respondents who reported they are proceeding with investments for the relevant year. * Warehouse management systems, Enterprise Resource Planning etc.

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