MultiSensor AI Survey: 91% of Ecommerce Distribution and Logistics Professionals Approved Automation Their Teams Were Not Ready to Maintain
· Source: markets.financialcontent.com
In short
A Censuswide survey of 152 reliability and maintenance practitioners and VP-level operations leaders in ecommerce distribution and logistics found that 91% approved, implemented or integrated a new automation investment knowing their team or facility was not prepared to maintain it, with 49% saying it happened more than once. Although 99% of practitioners are confident their facility can catch early asset degradation, 82% have dismissed a sensor alert that turned out to be a real failure and only 10% continuously monitor all critical assets in real time. Most facilities invested $5 million to $100 million in automation over three years, yet 95% of VPs say a major downtime event would match or exceed that annual investment.
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Tags: automation, maintenance, uptime, distribution, predictive, downtime