We have it seems clearly entered the "robot era" in supply chain, for both manufacturing and logistics.

But not every US manufacturer is on the robot bandwago - at least for now.

As evidence, witness the data shown in the graphic below, from a new report from the Manufacturing Institute and the consultants at PwC.

29% of manufacturers are marching ahead with robot deployments. However, 23% say they can't find the ROI for shop floor robots, while a small 5% of respondent don't any real need for the new-age machines.

Most interesting to SCDigest are the 36% of manufacturers which say they have interest in robots - but lack the resources and expertise to move forward effectively.

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