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As fulfillment centers and warehouses become more highly automated facilities with multiple types of automation, software’s role looms larger. Issues like coordinating multiple systems around cut-off times and service levels, as well as knowing when and how to scale automated systems to accommodate peaks in demand, are two leading reasons why.

High-density, high-efficiency storage is a given these days with automated storage from unit load systems to case and part handling systems. Now the focus is on making automated storage an even stronger player in order fulfillment.

The top five trends based on our work with industry leaders who have successful MFCs and EFCs operating today.

Berkshire Grey and Swisslog have partnered to provide enterprises with ecommerce, distribution, and store automation solutions, with the aim on increasing fulfillment effectiveness and maximizing existing labor productivity.

In this playbook, we outline the path to automation and share how industry leaders have navigated the challenges as they implemented and expanded automated fulfillment to support e-grocery growth.

As fulfillment centers and warehouses become more highly automated facilities with multiple types of automation, software’s role looms larger. Issues like coordinating multiple systems around cut-off times and service levels, as well as knowing when and how to scale automated systems to accommodate peaks in demand, are two leading reasons why.

Involving more than 7 million storage bins and about 10,000 robots, applications range from micro-fulfillment centers to stand-alone projects and larger, fully integrated solutions.

Configured by Swisslog, the system brings together AutoStore automation and picking stations, optimized by Swisslog's SynQ software

Swisslog is providing the automation for a new micro-fulfillment center to support efficient home delivery and click-and-collect for Australian ecommerce fulfillment company

The leading technologies that should be considered for brownfield automation and presents the Swisslog approach to implementing automation in brownfield sites.

With supply chain pressures mounting, now is a good time to evaluate your MRO parts management operation and determine if it needs some new best practices.

Making time for regular modernizations and upgrades can be a challenge amid daily production demands but failing to do so can leave your business exposed to unplanned downtime that creates operational disruption, lost revenue and damaged customer relationships.

As pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors rethink their fulfillment operations, they’re infusing technology, automation and robotics into those fast-paced facilities.

Co-locating the micro-fulfillment center/MFC at the retail store offers multiple synergies, but the implementation of an MFC requires careful planning.

A mobile goods-to-person order picking system helps an abrasives products maker efficiently fill orders from expanded inventory, while also bringing some training and retention benefits.