Mobilizing Inventory and Increasing Flexibility Through Container-Based Automation Solutions

The explosive growth in e-commerce and omni-channel distribution has increased supply chain volatility and customer expectations, straining existing resources and forcing supply chain managers to rethink traditional distribution strategies. The Swisslog QTainer concept addresses these challenges.

Swisslog offers a range of automated solutions based on the future-ready principles of data-driven, flexible and robotic to help warehouse operators improve inventory management, reduce order cycle and delivery times and increase productivity.

However, simply optimizing operations within the warehouse will no longer be enough to meet the demands of the future.

It is becoming increasingly necessary to move storage and fulfillment closer to customers while maintaining the agility to quickly relocate those functions as market demand shifts or supply chain needs change.

Typically, this has meant falling back on manually run operations since traditional automation cannot provide this flexibility. But now, new approaches are emerging that make automated and flexible solutions a reality.

In this white paper you'll learn about:

• The Swisslog QTainer modular concept
• How QTainer can be deployed to create pop-up urban distribution centers to address the volume growth, inventory placement and delivery speed challenges to meet demand