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The Satellite Review
Second Edition
Like a professional sports player striving for continuous improvement, we must all keep a mindset of innovation and be game changers for our selected specialty. Learn how material handling and an AS/RS can position companies for success in the second edition of Westfalia's The Satellite Review Magazine.
From the Editor: AS/RS is a supply chain game changer, leading the way to innovation
AS/RS has truly changed the game of material handling. Although some consider this technology “disruptive,” AS/RS are changing the way many companies are doing business.
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Design for Agility with Automation
As a result of changing trends in consumer behavior, manufacturers and distributors are increasing product line diversity and turnaround, creating a new challenge of managing a greater number of SKUs in their warehouse.
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Grab 'N Go Beverages: Trends in Case Packing and Handling
Case packing and handling appears to be a simple operation; however, trends in consumer behavior and bottle designs have introduced many challenges that can significantly affect line efficiency.
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Top 10 Reasons to Use Automation
Warehouse automation has a plethora of benefits which allow companies to improve their bottom line and bring them into the black. When updating your current facility or looking to build new, take the following automation benefits into consideration.
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Reducing Energy Consumption with the Power of Automation
Much of the food and beverage warehousing industry involves the cold storage of perishable goods. To reduce energy consumption companies should consider implementing warehouse automation technology.
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Westfalia AS/RS Featured in New Buffalo Trace Distillery Distribution Center
Buffalo Trace Distillery is one of the first spirits suppliers to use an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) to manage, move and store pallets of finished goods in their new distribution center.
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What Does It Mean To Be World-Class?
What makes an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) one of the best in the world? The best way to measure this is “how well a system fulfills its intended purpose.”
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Consolidation in the Beer Industry
Few industries are as heavily dominated by just a handful of players as the beer industry. Consolidation among the beer producers and the growing popularity of craft breweries have been two significant changes in these markets.
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Grifols: Continuing the Commitment to Innovation
Case Study: Understanding innovation comes in many forms, Grifols installs a high-density AS/RS in their new plasma logistics center to support the storage of frozen blood plasma.
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The Trouble With Transportation: Overcoming the Trucking Crisis With Order Fulfillment and Automation
Warehouses often prepare and stage orders typically up to 24 hours prior to the truck’s arrival. But what if the truck is late? Or worse, it doesn't show up at all?
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The Future of Warehouse Efficiency
In the past, manufacturers and distributors with automated warehouses have relied on two software systems: a WMS and a WCS; but a new trend is on the market: WES is a single application with integrated WMS and WCS functionality.
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Top 5 S/RM Safety Tips
Keeping a storage/retrieval machine (S/RM) in top running condition can be dangerous if done improperly. Westfalia wants to make this as risk-free as possible and has designed many safety features into the operation of the S/RM.
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Southern Wine & Spirits: Top Shelf Distribution
Southern Wine & Spirits of California, the nation’s leading wine and spirits distributor and broker, installs a Westfalia state-of-the-art automated warehouse to deliver optimal fulfillment and provide tailored customer service.
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5 Strategies for Optimizing Warehouse Operations
As warehousing organizations look for new ways to stay ahead of these shifts and challenges, many are embracing automation technology to drive new efficiencies.
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Optimizing Order Fulfillment: Picking With an AS/RS
In today’s fast-paced business climate, customers demand and expect more from their warehouse and distribution centers, as their orders are more frequent, contain more diverse SKUs and require more custom-tailored solutions.
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The 5 Step Simulation Approach to Better Informed Automated System Choices
Dynamic simulation is a powerful tool for understanding the operation of a proposed automation system before it exists.
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Equipment Safety Inspections
The definition of preventative is to stop something from happening. If machines are routinely inspected and serviced the chances of losing valuable production to machine failure is greatly reduced.
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Battery Powered and Battery-Free Automated Guided vehicles
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) have long being used for delivery and material handling in logistics and warehouse applications. AGVs are also playing an increasing role as primary assembly line conveyances.
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