Review of Volume Dive and Comparison with AutoStore
Introduction I have been following the cube storage market for some time. It is remarkable how many variations of the original AutoStore concept have emerged in recent years, some with…
The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #2: Yegor Anchyshkin (Instock)
I'm excited to share with you my conversation with industry expert and serial entrepreneur, Yegor Anchyshkin. Yegor is co-founder and CEO of Instock, a warehouse automation company that does things…
Fire Safety Systems in Warehouses
Reflections on Oxygen Reduction Systems This week I had the pleasure of attending a small conference on fire safety in warehouses. The conference was hosted by Wagner Group GmbH of Hannover, Germany…
Goods-to-Robot Picking: What’s the Catch?
Almost every time I talk to customers about large goods-to-person systems, the conversation eventually turns to robotic picking. So I thought I should summarize some of the key challenges of…
On Using Totes vs. Original Cartons in Zone Picking Systems with Flow Racks
When I talk to customers about zone picking systems, we often come to the question of whether they should fill their flow racks in the zone picking system with the…
Logistikkpodden Episode 32 (Image Credit: Lager & Industrisystemer, Vinterbro, Norway)
Guest Appearance on Podcast Logistikkpodden by LIS
Norwegian logistics equipment supplier Lager & Industrisystemer (LIS, in German Lager- und Industriesysteme) runs a podcast called Logistikkpodden - Norway's first (and probably still only) podcast dedicated to warehouse logistics.…
Cube Storage Systems: Market Overview & Comparison
Inspired by the success of AutoStore, a number of entrepreneurs and established vendors have developed their own variations of cube storage systems. In another article, I compared AutoStore to its…
Warehouse Automation for 3PLs
Why Adoption is Slower Than you Might Expect Introduction We are moving more goods from warehouses to consumers than ever before. And the more e-com replaces brick-and-mortar, physical commerce, the…
The Reasons we Automate Slow-movers First
There is a fundamental principle in warehouse automation. And yet, it seems to be poorly understood by many professionals, including logistics engineers, whose job it is to design automated warehouses.…
Short Dictionary of Logistics Illiteracy
A Collection of Nonsense Terms and Concepts In the world of logistics, there are a lot of terms and concepts that are completely useless, yet seem to be ubiquitous. You…
