Equipment by industry
The same equipment modules are combined differently in each industry. Choose your industry for the typical tasks, the equipment to look at first, the data we need and common questions; further down, eight common tasks across industries. Each project is calculated from your own data.
Industries
Parcel, e-commerce and retail distribution
Many items, sharp peaks and a high cost of errors: unloading, sorting, splitting into orders, and measuring and weighing.
Food, beverage and FMCG
End-of-line palletising, finished-goods pallets stored by batch, mixed pallets and truck loading.
Plastics and home appliance manufacturing
Moulded parts between machines, stores and assembly, work in progress, and large light cartons.
New energy: batteries and solar panels
Cell and module tray transfer, work-in-progress buffering, storage of heavy packs and panel pallets, and shipping.
Cold chain and cold storage
Dense pallet storage in freezer rooms, chilled totes, and handover between ambient and cold areas.
Pharmaceutical distribution and warehousing
Many SKUs in small quantities, batch and expiry tracking, chilled zones and a check before packing.
Chemicals
Bags, drums and cartons on heavy pallets, raw materials by batch, and areas that may be classified as hazardous.
Automotive parts
Line-side supply, many part numbers, fixed takt and finished goods shipped to the customer's call-offs.
Apparel and footwear
Many sizes and colours, seasonal peaks and returns: splitting into orders, store allocation and returns back to stock.
Third-party logistics (3PL)
Several clients, changing volumes and contract periods: equipment that can start small and grow.
Spare parts and MRO distribution
Many slow-moving SKUs, small order lines and mixed sizes: dense storage and accurate picking.
Common tasks across industries
The same task appears in many industries. Start from the step you want to automate.
Unloading at the inbound dock
Getting floor-loaded cartons and pallets off the truck and into the warehouse quickly.
End of line: palletising and putaway
Cartons from the packing lines are palletised, wrapped and taken into storage.
Line-side supply
Parts and materials reach the line when the work order needs them.
Piece picking
Single items are picked from totes for each order line.
Parcel sorting
Piled parcels are separated, scanned and sent to their destinations.
Returns back to stock
Returned items are scanned one by one and put back to stock or to a holding area.
More storage positions in the same building
More pallet or tote positions within the existing building.
Shipping and truck loading
Orders are sequenced to the dock and loaded onto the truck.
Not sure where your project fits?
Send us a layout, your volumes and what moves through the site. We suggest the modules and calculate the throughput.