Innovation Awards

Ricoh’s latest innovation integrates automation and sustainability, the two most significant requirements in the material handling industry nowadays. The Laser Rewritable Labeling System realizes labor cost optimization with improved operational efficiency by delivering a fully automated and groundbreaking ...

Leopard Cube solves the expensive issue of awkward freight dimensioning and associated cost leakage. Combining the latest rugged mobile scanning computers with durable measuring tape technology and a real-time data management solution, Leopard Cube efficiently captures, stores, and communicates measurement ...

Augmenting the Locus Max, the heavyweight, autonomous mobile robot (AMR) specifically designed for safe, autonomous transportation of large and heavy payloads throughout any facility, the innovative conveyor top adds the capability to seamlessly move pallets on and off of the Max, optimizing safety by ...

Augmenting the Locus Vector AMR, Locus Vector FS adds a new, fixed shelf and retractable user interface on the innovative, flexible, autonomous mobile robot (AMR), specially designed for high-productivity, high volume material handling and logistics applications. Built with an industrial-strength chassis, ...

Workforce planning and management is complex and adjusting in real-time can have a dramatic impact to the throughput of a warehouse. If the right workers or robots are not deployed correctly (and working together), work can pile up in one area or be lacking in another. Historically, planning and workforce ...

On-floor travel time is widely acknowledged as the critical driver in lowering labor costs and retaining workers in the distribution center. According to Lucas Systems Voice of the Warehouse Worker Insights, workers spend more than a third (38%) of their day walking to different places between tasks ...

With the supply chain disruptions and dramatic increase in e-commerce and consumer demands of the past few years, supply chain leaders are recognizing the pitfalls of working in silos and are embracing the need for supply chain convergence across their systems to provide integrated visibility, accuracy ...

Effortlessly scan all 1D and 2D barcodes from 4 inches to 20 feet with no adjustments necessary. MARK 3 enables users to do just that. Thanks to its autofocus, this wearable glove scanner automatically aligns with the barcode to be captured. Thus, adjusting to a particular scanning distance is a thing ...

The Oceaneering Mobile Robotics MaxMover™ CB D 2000 is a robotic counterbalance forklift capable of lifting 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) and moving autonomously in support of assembly processes and warehouse material movement. This forklift was designed to retain the desired capabilities of conventional ...

Medius, Addverb's multi-level shuttle (MLS) system is an automated and highly dynamic shuttle system that performs the function of storage and retrieval on multiple levels and is designed for businesses that want to increase storage density or establish an automation operation capable of rapid delivery ...

The ML2 is uniquely designed to automate a variety of light and intermediate weight applications. This flexible solution optimizes both manufacturing and distribution processes, solving many of the challenges facing facilities today – labor availability, inventory tracking, operational visibility, peak ...

Mobility applications help users create forms any time inventory is moved. Synkrato Mobility (launched in early 2022) is the first solution designed to work with all ERP and legacy systems. This simple and effective IT innovation makes mobile solutions available to every warehouse, regardless of the ...

The ModSort® Trident Mobile 3-Way Sorter from Regal Rexnord is a mobile, scalable, approachable and energy efficient conveyance solution ideal for increasing the depth of sortation or splitting the flow of product. The sorter works well with cartons, polybags, flats and jiffy packs, gapping the products ...

AMR technology is constantly evolving, but one challenge has always been working in the chilled and frozen environment. Working in cold temperatures can substantially impact human efficiency and not in a positive way. In fact, according to studies by Cornell, 53% of employees are less productive when ...

The Multiplex™ was designed to help our customers with the current challenges of today's fulfillment processes, including labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, increased order volumes, and customer demands for faster shipping times. Multiplex™ reduces steps in your fulfillment process by simultaneously ...