Logistics industry: warehouse management systems U.S. 2018

This statistic depicts the of share warehousing and logistics providers using warehouse management systems (WMS) in the United States between 2015 and 2018, broken down by the type of WMS. During the 2018 survey, 43 percent of respondents were using a legacy WMS such as a basic WMS or a system developed in-house.

Share of warehousing and logistics providers in the United States using warehouse management systems (WMS) from 2015 to 2018, by type

Characteristic	2015	2016	2017	2018
Warehouse execution system (WES)	-	-	-	6%
On-demand / Cloud / SaaS***	3%	3%	5%	9%
Product slotting functionality	6%	8%	9%	-
Labor management systems (LMS)	10%	10%	12%	15%
Best-of-breed WMS	16%	11%	13%	19%
ERP** with a WMS module	34%	39%	36%	33%
Legacy WMS*	35%	35%	42%	43%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 to 2018

Number of respondents

138 respondents

Special properties

professionals in logistics and warehouse operations across multiple verticals.

Supplementary notes

Method of survey not stated by the source.
Values are based on the percentage of overall respondents who use a WMS.
* Basic WMS, homegrown and developed in-house.
** Enterprise Resource Planning.
*** Software as a Service.

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