The UltraBot IE robotic automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) from Integrated Systems Design, Wixom, Mich., offers goods-to-person delivery of totes, boxes and cases to high-speed workstations for order picking, consolidation, replenishment, returns, sorting and work-in-progress in refrigerated and frozen food applications.
The Vidmar Tower vertical storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) from Vidmar, Allentown, Pa., is designed to take advantage of every available inch of floor space.
Westfalia Technologies, Inc., York, Pa., launched Savanna.NET Warehouse Execution System (WES), a unique warehousing software solution that combines a tightly integrated warehouse management system (WMS) and warehouse control system (WCS) into a single application to help manufacturers and distributors direct, control and optimize internal material flow and order picking.
The human body isn’t designed to work in sub-zero temperatures, yet the majority of frozen food operations conduct warehousing activities manually, requiring workers to physically withstand harsh environments. In order to combat these inefficiencies, today’s most forward-thinking food operations are turning to automation technology to decouple labor from sub-zero environments.