Vanderlande Highlights Complete Package of Integrated, Customized Automation Solutions for SKU-Dense Warehousing at ProMat 2015

Company to showcase uniquely engineered goods-to-person and omni-channel installations in Booth 2041

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An overview of the comprehensive, custom design and engineering solutions for automated warehousing offered by Vanderlande will be featured at ProMat 2015 in Booth 2041.

Of particular focus will be the integrated systems the company has engineered to address the specific needs of facilities handling large numbers of unique SKUs—in excess of 10,000—with a diverse mix of both high- and low-throughput velocities, says Andy Williams, Vanderlande’s Senior Business Development Manager.

“Companies handling thousands of discrete items—whether they’re food or beverage consumables, apparel or footwear, industrial components or parts and more—come to us to develop highly dense inventory storage solutions that maximize a facility’s footprint and improve picking accuracy and productivity,” he explains.

Every Vanderlande installation, whether new greenfield construction or retrofit of an existing facility, starts with a thorough evaluation of an operation’s processes and inventory handling requirements. “We review SKU mix, quantities, orders and pick velocities to determine optimal integrated automation solutions, then develop concepts based upon proven technologies to help our customers select the comprehensive, integrated design that best fits their needs,” Williams says.

Among Vanderlande’s latest installations are operations using goods-to-person picking solutions for order fulfillment to improve operator performance and eliminate pick errors. These automated systems deliver the required SKUs to a designated location, and prompt the operator to select the appropriate number of items. “Customers have been able to achieve operator pick rates approaching 1,000 order lines per hour, while dramatically improving quality. All of this is achieved in a very ergonomic way that minimizes walking times,” he notes.

For retailers and e-commerce operations struggling to meet the demands of omni-channel order fulfillment, Vanderlande designs and installs flexible automation solutions that allow for future growth and flexibility should business needs change.

While the company’s arsenal of hardware and software products includes conveyors, line and loop sorters, automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), ergonomic workstations, warehouse control system (WCS) and a warehouse management system (WMS), it’s Vanderlande’s extensive analysis and design process that yields the greatest value, continues Williams.

“We recognize that the greatest automated equipment in the world will be a complete failure without a comprehensive, well-thought-out system design,” he says. “That’s why we put tremendous emphasis on the initial evaluation and conception process to determine and deliver the ideal integrated technology solution to a customer’s unique challenge.”

Vanderlande will also make two special presentations during ProMat: an in-booth press conference on Monday, and an on-floor seminar on Wednesday.

In-Booth Press Conference

On Monday, March 23 at 11 a.m., Vanderlande’s Marketing Manager Kathleen Spalding will host an in-booth press conference to demonstrate the newest developments in the company’s remote technical support device, EYE4U.

The hands-free system includes a wearable, high-quality video camera, two-way communication transmitter/receiver, recording device and a remote control. When installed at a customer facility, the EYE4U system allows an in-house service technician to broadcast live, real-time video to a Vanderlande support expert. Transmissions are sent via secure Internet connection and enable faster troubleshooting of Vanderlande systems and components without requiring an expensive, in-person service call.