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Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

A worker stages the robot in front of container doors, and it autonomously moves forward into the container under its own power and direction as it picks boxes, up to 60 lbs from the face and more weight if picked from the top, and places them onto attached conveyor that transports the loads out of the container.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

Most legacy picking systems don’t provide a means to create different processes and optimization rules for different order types. Newer execution software can support alternative picking processes for different order profiles, dynamically optimize picking assignments, and adapt as new requirements emerge.