Xu hướng tự động hóa kho hàng toàn cầu: Điều gì thúc đẩy sự khẩn cấp?

Hiểu xu hướng trước khi mở rộng sang thị trường toàn cầu.

Thị trường nhanh hơn Ít công nhân Hàng hóa nhỏ hơn Ba ca diễn ra cùng một lúc.

“Chúng ta có nên đợi thêm một thời gian nữa để tự động hóa kho hàng không?” Nhiều công ty có kế hoạch vươn ra toàn cầu đang chờ đợi “thời điểm thích hợp”.

Nhưng CeMAT ASIA 2025 đã cho thấy một thực tế khác: thời điểm thích hợp không phải là điều bạn chờ đợi - thị trường đang thúc đẩy bạn hướng tới điều đó.

Triển lãm này—triển lãm hậu cần lớn nhất châu Á với 1.000 nhà triển lãm và 150.000 khách tham quan—cho thấy người mua nước ngoài không chỉ là khán giả. Họ không còn nói đến chuyện “nhập khẩu thiết bị” mà muốn chuyển toàn bộ giải pháp sang nước mình.

Điều gì thúc đẩy sự cấp bách của việc tự động hóa kho hàng trên toàn thế giới? Ba sự thay đổi lớn đang diễn ra cùng một lúc.

Thị trường đang tăng tốc: Không còn vấn đề về việc có nên tự động hóa hay không — Di chuyển quá chậm và bạn sẽ bị tụt lại phía sau.

Dưới đây là một số con số đáng lưu ý:

— Tăng trưởng thị trường: Từ năm 2019 đến năm 2025, thị trường tự động hóa kho hàng toàn cầu tăng trưởng với tốc độ CAGR khoảng 11,7%, đạt khoảng 27 tỷ USD vào năm 2025.

— Nearly Doubled: According to Research and Markets, the automated warehousing market is projected to grow from US$17.25 billion in 2024 to US$40.32 billion by 2030.

— Fewer Companies Are Waiting: The share of companies with no warehouse automation dropped from 9% in 2023 to just 3% in 2025.

“Waiting and watching” is becoming the minority. By the time you decide to act, your competitors may already have gained an edge in cost efficiency and delivery speed. 

Labor is Decreasing: It’s becoming harder and harder to find “people” for the warehouse.

Another sense of urgency comes from the inability to recruit staff.

Zebra industry research shows: 72% of warehouse managers worry about safety (79% in Asia-Pacific), 70% worry about injury risks, and 69% worry about insufficient certification and operator fatigue (76% in Asia-Pacific).

In key overseas markets like Japan and Southeast Asia, hiring and retaining workers is no longer a short-term challenge — it’s a structural trend. Automation is no longer about “whether to adopt it,” but “how to use it to bridge the labor gap.”

Goods are Getting Smaller: E-commerce has rewritten the entire logic of the warehouse.

In the past, warehouses moved pallets weighing hundreds of kilograms. But e-commerce has split single items smaller and smaller—the average weight of a single item has dropped to just over ten kilograms.

Pallets are being replaced by totes in many processes, leading to the emergence of case-handling robots. The most crowded exhibition area at CeMAT 2025 featured case-handling robots: storage density increased by 80%–400%, labor efficiency improved by 3–4 times, and warehouse automation transformation can be completed within a week.

As the granularity of goods changes, warehousing technology must adapt. This is not a trend forecast, but a reality currently taking place. With these three forces combined, the urgency is crystal clear.

Opportunity Window: China’s warehouse automation is currently [Leading].

Beyond the urgency, there is good news.

The consensus at CeMAT 2025 is that Chinese Logistics Technology (LogisTech) has moved from “following” to “leading” — gaining international discourse power in multiple categories, from case-handling robots and four-way shuttles to flying-box systems.

— Fastest Iteration: Chinese products move from R&D to production in 6 months or less, a speed rarely seen globally.

— Global Launching Pad: China has become the world’s largest application market for LogisTech and a primary starting point for global expansion.

— Higher Profits: Pioneers have proven that profits in overseas markets often far exceed those in domestic markets.

For companies planning overseas warehouses, this means you no longer need to wait for “technology to mature” — the technology is in China, the maturity is sufficient, and the real issue is “how to implement it stably.”

STORIN: Trends belong to others, but implementation belongs to you.

Understanding the trend is only the first step. Whether the equipment can pass local certification, whether the system can integrate with the customer’s WMS, whether there are people on-site to install it, and whether there is support after installation — these are the keys to turning a “trend” into “profit.”

STORIN provides intelligent warehouse system integration, with operations centers and local teams in Japan and Thailand. We use five stages to make overseas delivery controllable: Signing & Alignment → Compliance & Solution Design → Pre-integration & Simulation → Local Installation & Commissioning → Go-live Support & Continuous Maintenance.

While equipment is still in the factory, compliance and logistics risks are cleared in advance. You focus on selling products, and we ensure the equipment is implemented stably.

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