{"id":34310,"date":"2026-06-09T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/?p=34310"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:26:05","slug":"2026-warehousing-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/09\/2026-warehousing-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Warehousing Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year, we ran our first customer survey and asked a simple question about your biggest operational challenge. The answers were sharp enough that we made it an annual habit. This is the second year, and this time we asked what you’re prioritizing for 2026, what gave you the most grief in 2025, and what hurdle you see coming.<\/p>\n

Three questions, three different lists. The interesting part isn’t any single answer, but how little the lists overlap. What you want to work on, what’s hurting you, and what’s standing in your way are three separate conversations. Here’s what you told us in each.<\/p>\n

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Your priorities: a safer floor and fewer mistakes<\/h3>\n

We asked you to rank six priorities for 2026 from most to least important. Two rose clearly to the top.<\/p>\n

\"Results<\/p>\n

First was improving worker safety and ergonomics. A third of you (33.55%) ranked it your single most important priority, and two-thirds put it in your top two. In a year defined by cost pressure, that’s a notable place to plant your flag. It says you understand something that doesn’t always show up on a budget line: an injury is one of the most expensive things that can happen on a floor, and a safer operation is a steadier, more productive one.<\/p>\n

Second was reducing errors, damage, and waste. Different goal, same instinct. Every mis-pick, damaged carton, and reworked order is margin walking out the door, and in a tight year, plugging those leaks is some of the cheapest money you’ll ever make. One of you put the whole balancing act in a single line:<\/p>\n

\u201cBalancing the safest, fastest, and highest quality matline in the world with softening demand”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Together, the top two priorities tell a consistent story. You’re focused less on doing dramatic new things and more on doing the existing things cleanly.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> An ergonomic labor strategy<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What’s costing you: capital and labor<\/h3>\n

\"Results
\nThen we asked what your most persistent operational headache was in 2025. The order:<\/p>\n