This statistic depicts the impact of the economy on spending on materials handling to improve warehouse and/or distribution center operations in the United States between 2015 and 2023. During the 2022 survey, 33 percent of respondents reported their company was taking a "wait and see" approach, whereby spending was limited to only those purchases and investments that are critical to sustaining their ongoing business.
How is the present state of the economy making an impact your spending on materials handling equipment technologies, services and solutions?
readers of Logistics Management and Modern Materials Handling
Method of interview
Email survey
Supplementary notes
2021 baseline:129
2020 baseline: 145
2019 baseline: 246
2018 baseline: 315
Number of respondents prior to 2018 survey not stated by the source.
* Spending limited to only those purchases and investments that are critical to sustaining our ongoing business.
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Logistics Management. (March 2, 2022). How is the present state of the economy making an impact your spending on materials handling equipment technologies, services and solutions? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/930692/effect-of-the-economy-on-materials-handling-expenditure/
Logistics Management. "How is the present state of the economy making an impact your spending on materials handling equipment technologies, services and solutions?." Chart. March 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/930692/effect-of-the-economy-on-materials-handling-expenditure/
Logistics Management. (2022). How is the present state of the economy making an impact your spending on materials handling equipment technologies, services and solutions?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/930692/effect-of-the-economy-on-materials-handling-expenditure/
Logistics Management. "How Is The Present State of The Economy Making An Impact Your Spending on Materials Handling Equipment Technologies, Services and Solutions?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/930692/effect-of-the-economy-on-materials-handling-expenditure/
Logistics Management, How is the present state of the economy making an impact your spending on materials handling equipment technologies, services and solutions? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/930692/effect-of-the-economy-on-materials-handling-expenditure/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
How is the present state of the economy making an impact your spending on materials handling equipment technologies, services and solutions? [Graph], Logistics Management, March 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/930692/effect-of-the-economy-on-materials-handling-expenditure/
