Automated Storage

Having launched the Perfect Pick robotic goods-to-person picking technology for order fulfillment at ProMat 2013, OPEX Material Handling (Booth 2019) returned having completed several retail and e-commerce installations.

College to complete $45-million transportation, distribution and logistics facility in 2015.

These innovative AS/RS applications will help you think beyond long-term storage and optimize your automated storage investment in ways you probably never even thought of.

Vertical lift modules improve productivity, safety and security while cutting damage, wasted time and square footage.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Ed Romaine, chairman of the AS/RS Product Section Group at MHI, about automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

Membership opens up new opportunities for cold storage automation projects.

Dallas-Fort Worth-based regional operation offers service and support for key logistics hub.

Distributor saves space and time with light-directed, goods-to-person solution.

The new fully automated facility is capable of handling an additional 300,000 to 350,000 cases per month without adding workers and without impeding current operations.

Multiple goods-to-person modules target fast movers and slow movers while tracking with SKU growth.

Trays with 850-pound capacities use vertical space while making die handling more ergonomic.

Picking accuracy approaches 100% in system that also handles 1,000-liter fluid containers.

AS/RS presents totes and information to pickers and processes an order in as little as 15 minutes.

Orders are picked faster and labor was reduced by more than 70%.

The company sought to unify the inventory management and distribution of nearly 70,000 SKUs from five smaller locations into a new 1.8-million-square-foot DC.