Automation

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%.

After replacing an outdated PC-based control system, the company improved visibility into machine diagnostics, production statistics and product tracking information for its high-speed tilt-tray sorters.

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.

Customized automation replaces carts for lengthy movement of sensitive components.

After installing voltage-regulated power (VRP) supplies, the company has protected itself against power fluctuations and downtime.

New system allows a worker to stack as many as 25 heavy cases per minute.

AGVs handle product that associates previously pushed in carts along a 1,200-foot path.

BRG Sports’ new DC was designed from the ground up as an omni-channel, omni-brand distribution and manufacturing facility. Most of all, the materials handling solution optimizes fulfillment and takes touches out of the process.

BRG Sports’ new facility relies on a warehouse control system and voice-directed picking to synchronize parallel pick and pack activities across pick modules.

Joint licensing agreement for OSR Shuttle targets sequencing buffers and goods-to-person-based solutions.

The 2015 Casebook features 40 case studies that put the spotlight on successful innovation projects.

Transaction valued at more than $350 million expected to close by end of 2014.