Warehouse Automation Investment at Various Stages of Organizational Development: A Chi-Square Analysis and an Innovative Framework

A dataset comprised of a subset of 300 transactions and proposal records collected between 2022 and 2024 were analyzed and categorized by organizational life-cycle phase and type of warehouse automation technology. Using the chi-square statistical test and the p-value, it was determined that a statistically significant correlation exists between the two variables. Finally, based on the statistical analysis, an innovative framework of warehouse automation investment is proposed.