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Typically used with an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) that moves goods (mostly on pallets) in 3 dimensions to store and retrieve items without human intervention.
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Conveyor connection
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Picking robot
Algorithms that help operators analyze performance, identify trends, and make predictions that inform operating decisions, often using machine learning to improve over time.
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
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Smart storage
3-D printing
Smart glasses
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Sensors that scan items (often on 6 axes) to apply sortation and other logistics. Examples include a conveyor’s diverts, laser-guided vehicles, and camera-based movement of drones.
Conveyor connection
Management system
Smart storage
3-D printing
Smart glasses
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
A connection between 2 disparate conveyor systems that often uses decision logic to affect item flow. Typically, connections integrate different systems of flow, for example, push and
pull flows.
Management system
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Analytic and digital systems that integrate analytics, performance reporting, and forecasting tools, allowing managers to easily control a full system such as a warehouse.
Smart storage
3-D printing
Smart glasses
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
3-D printing
Smart glasses
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
Storage solutions that use advanced analytics and digital tools to place and retrieve items in the most efficient way, adjusting storage media based on the product, picking, and order characteristics.
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Smart glasses
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
Also called additive manufacturing, this process creates parts by adding layers of a material (metal or plastic, typically) to create a desired shape.
Management system
Smart storage
Smart glasses
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
Autonomous guided vehicles that operate freely or on digital tracks to bring items (often from a storage rack) to a picking station based on instructions from the order-flow software.
Management system
Smart storage
3-D printing
Picking robot
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
Glasses that augment and assist reality of wearers—for example,
by displaying directions to storage locations for picking—reducing inefficiencies of searching.
Management system
Smart storage
3-D printing
Multishuttle system
Analytics tools
Optical recognition
Conveyor connection
Systems with robotic arms that mimic human picking motion. Picking robots can be fixed (with goods brought to them) or mobile (traveling to storage to pick items).
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Autonomous guided vehicle.
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