全球倉庫自動化趨勢：是什麼推動了迫切性？

在擴展到全球市場之前了解趨勢。

更快的市場 更少的工人 更小的貨物 同時進行三班倒。

「我們應該為倉庫自動化再等待一段時間嗎？」許多計劃走出去的企業都在等待「合適的時機」。

但 CeMAT ASIA 2025 展示了一個不同的現實：正確的時機不是你等待的——市場正在推動你走向它。

本屆展會是亞洲最大的物流展，擁有 1,000 家參展商和 15 萬名觀眾，顯示海外買家不僅僅是觀眾。他們不再談論“進口設備”，而是希望將整個解決方案移植到自己的國家。

是什麼推動了全球倉庫自動化的迫切性？三個重大轉變同時發生。

市場正在加速發展：問題不再是是否自動化－行動太慢，你就會落後。

Here are some numbers worth noting:

—市場成長：從2019年到2025年，全球倉庫自動化市場的複合年增長率約為11.7%，到2025年將達到約270億美元。

— 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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