Learn about automated material handling & how to reduce costs with safe product management and delivery. Discover the benefits of stacker cranes, conveyor systems, pallet shuttles & mobile racks.
RF scanners are smart devices used in warehouses to send and receive data in real time. Connected to the WMS, they’re ideal for expediting the main logistics operations: goods receipt, storage, order picking, and dispatch.
In a combined cycle, the stacker crane picks the product from the conveyor at the front of the warehouse and moves it to the assigned location. Then, it retrieves another unit load and brings it to the outgoing conveyor or console set up at the end of the aisle of an AS/RS.
Advantages of automated storage and retrieval systems: with AS/RS, all goods handling is automated. Their main advantages include productivity, good accessibility, the maximum security of the load, and real-time inventory, thanks to the movement history.
Automated storage and retrieval systems minimise errors and improve productivity and load safety in the warehouse. There are various kinds of automated storage and retrieval systems available that adjust to the characteristics and logistics needs of each company.
The coronavirus pandemic has sped up the automation of logistics. Thanks to automation, protective measures and social distancing can be respected while ensuring uninterrupted activity.
Examples of automated storage & retrieval systems: 5 cases in which automation reduces errors and boosts productivity and safety. They include warehouses installed all over the world, for various customers from different sectors and with storage solutions for pallets and for boxes.
A pallet lift is a vertical conveyor used in the warehouse to overcome height differences or connect conveyor lines. Although it is an important element in an automated storage and retrieval system, a lift can also constitute manual handling equipment.
Innovation in logistics is essential for making any company’s supply chain as efficient as possible. Learn about five real examples of facilities in which our company has implemented some of the most innovative logistics solutions on the market.
Types of automated storage and retrieval systems: the various options manage goods (pallets, boxes, and containers) in an automated way. These solutions optimise storage, order prep, and dispatch processes.
Stacker cranes comprise handling equipment that operates in storage aisles completely autonomously. There are different types of stacker cranes that insert and remove unit loads in and from the racks, following instructions from the WMS.
A storage buffer is a space designed to temporarily house goods, such as raw materials for manufacturing products. It serves to stockpile the materials needed for a subsequent process (for example, production, dispatch, picking, and/or kitting).
In an AS/RS warehouse, stacker cranes comprise handling equipment that operates totally automatically. Stacker cranes insert and remove unit loads from their corresponding slots as directed by the warehouse management system.
Dark stores are supermarkets’ answer to new consumer trends: they’re large warehouses without customers. These installations, geared towards picking and shipments of orders to end customers, have been established as the solution to complex challenges such as omnichannel retail.
Cobots, or collaborative robots, are machines created to interact with humans in a work environment in order to free workers from having to perform more repetitive, complex, or hazardous tasks. But what effect will they have in the coming years? We analyse the future symbiosis between humans and robots in the warehouse.
Cold storage automation solutions are aimed at streamlining the storage, preparation, dispatch, and transportation of orders. Their advantages include increases in combined pallet input and output cycles as well as improved safety and hygiene.
E-commerce companies implement automated solutions to ensure efficiency and productivity in their processes. In this post, we analyse the ways in which e-commerce businesses have adapted to challenges such as the last mile and the main automated solutions for this sector.
Motorised roller conveyors are charged with moving, accumulating, and/or distributing palletised or boxed goods. They can be used to automatically connect two warehouses, two areas in the same centre, or a warehouse with the outputs of a production plant.
Robotic process automation technology is software used by bots (as opposed to humans) to interact with computers in an automatic way. RPA is implemented to carry out somewhat repetitive administrative tasks that are also applicable to any company’s logistics systems.
Automatic lorry loading and unloading systems bring agility and safety to the warehouse docking area. With minimal operator intervention, lorries are automatically loaded and unloaded in mere minutes, without error, and with the goods in perfect physical condition.
Industrial robotic arms are devices that replicate the function of a human arm, boosting efficiency in operations. These machines are found in production centres and warehouses, facilitating loading, unloading, order prep, and dispatch tasks.
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