E-commerce explosion will generate $5 billion in warehouse management system market revenue by 2025
Rising demand for rapid deliveries drives investment in warehouses. Source: unsplash.com
By 2025, The global Warehouse Management System (WMS) market will be worth $5 billion, growing at a CAGR of 13.9%, finds ABI Research. Over the same forecast period, 57,000 more warehouses will be in operation than in 2018. The continued growth of the e-commerce market and rising customer expectations are putting enormous pressure on warehouses to execute more rapid and flexible deliveries. This is driving investment in warehouse facilities, automation technologies, and warehouse management systems to coordinate and optimize operations.
As the e-commerce boom grows in and extends beyond the established economies of China, Japan, and Korea, the Asia-Pacific will experience the highest growth of warehouse facilities and WMS revenue, becoming the largest market for the software by 2023. The rapid adoption of WMS is also expected in the emerging economies of the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Europe and North America will experience strong growth as supply chain operators increase spending on upgraded software systems.
WMS spending will also vary according to industry verticals. The retail, food and beverage, and manufacturing sectors will be responsible for the highest growth rate as they catch up with more mature verticals, such as logistics service providers.
AI-driven Innovation from WMS market leaders such as JDA Software, High Jump, and Manhattan Associates is enabling substantial flexibility and functionality in WMS and Warehouse Execution Systems (WES), an increasingly important orchestration layer linking high-level management with connected machines. At the device and machine level, greater automation is creating demand for more sophisticated Warehouse Control Systems (WCS) from major automated material handling solution providers such as Bastian Solutions, Dematic, and Honeywell Intelligrated.
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