Warehouse Automation Market Assessment

Jan 18, 2022

Transportation & Logistics Warehouse Automation

Situation

Our client sought to strengthen its position in the rapidly evolving warehouse automation market. They wanted to better understand how shippers evaluate automation investments, what barriers slow adoption, and how their offering could differentiate in a competitive OEM-and integrator-led landscape.

Objective

The objective was to assess automation adoption behavior across warehouse operators and identify the key financial, operational, and strategic factors shaping investment decisions, enabling a sharper and more differentiated automation-as-a-service strategy.

Our Work

10EQS conducted in-depth interviews with senior warehouse automation decision-makers, benchmarked automation maturity across 48 companies, and distilled critical pain points, success drivers, and unmet needs to shape actionable strategic insights.

Project team
  • Senior Management Consultant with a background in logistics and warehouse automation
  • Research Analyst conducting secondary research and supporting content synthesis
  • 10EQS Delivery Operations (=PMO) providing quality assurance, process management and expert recruitment
  • 10 industry experts
Industry experts (excerpt)
  • Senior Manager of Automation – CPG Company (US)
  • Head of Supply Chain Management – Automotive Company (US)
  • Director, Warehousing – Manufacturing Company (US)
  • Director, Supply Chain – Retail Company (US)
  • Senior Manager, Automation – Retail Company (US)
  • Director of Distribution Operations & Continuous Improvement – Automotive Company(US)

Results

10EQS identified growing demand for RaaS and OpEx models amid rising ROI pressure and technology obsolescence concerns. Investment decisions are driven by broader operational value, while legacy system integration remains the key risk. Services, integration expertise, and flexible, KPI-driven deployment models emerged as critical differentiators to strengthen automation-as-a-service positioning.