Sapient Automation

Lawson Products built a new distribution center to optimize its network, package and kit products, and deliver better customer service to its branch DCs and customers.

Dean Stavraka brings 30 years of industry experience.

Most of us think of automation as only for the big guys. A dietary supplement start-up is turning that idea on its head with carousels, robotic extractors and goods-to-person picking.

Automation fills orders accurately and efficiently in DrVita’s warehouse.

Twenty-year materials handling industry veteran is former Sapient Automation president, CEO and founder.

Rooted in increasingly complex software, the concept of pick-to-light has moved well beyond the pick and is now capable of relaying an array of information to workers throughout the fulfillment process.

At the ExpressJet Airlines maintenance facility at Newark Liberty International Airport, a vertical lift module (VLM) has reduced the amount of space required by traditional shelving and has helped the operation more efficiently handle slow- and medium-moving inventory items.

The new iPhone and IPad application for order picking and fulfillment is now available on all Sapient Automation Hornet Horizontal Carousels and Avenger Vertical Carousels and retrofits.

The real question is can you implement smaller solutions to equal the reward with little or less risk? Utilizing simple automation in manufacturing and distribution can be a far greater and less riskier solution.

Automated storage and retrieval systems, such as Vertical Carousels and Vertical Lift Modules (VLM) take advantage of unused overhead space to recover 60% to 85% of the floor space typically required by shelving and drawer systems.

Automated storage and retrieval systems, such as vertical and horizontal carousels and vertical lift modules (VLMs), can increase productivity by 2/3 or more.

In a press conference yesterday, Sapient Automation (Booth 1000) unveiled a new automatic tray height scanning system and redesigned tray configuration in the Viper vertical lift module (VLM). The enhancements provide 50% more storage density, said Ed Romaine, chief marketing officer for Sapient.

Vertical lift modules save space and improve efficiency at airline maintenance facility.

Industry veteran talks about the evolution of the supply chain execution software market.

Sapient Automation will offer vertical and horizontal carousels and VLMs