Supply Chain 24/7: Warehouse Automation Is Outrunning Maintenance Teams, Survey Finds

Supply Chain 24/7 covered findings from MultiSensor AI's Uptime Economy: 2026 Report, opening on the report's central automation-readiness stat: more than nine in ten e-commerce distribution and logistics professionals have approved or installed automation even when their team wasn't fully prepared to maintain it. The piece notes that 97% of respondents have increased automation at their facilities over the past three years without a matching improvement in their ability to keep that equipment running, and that 49% have moved forward with automation despite maintenance concerns more than once.

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