DC Velocity - December 2013

68 DC VELOCITY DECEMBER 2013 www.dcvelocity.com b oa rd ro om ou tl oo k

On behalf of Dematic, I extend a sincere thank you to all new and existing customers for your continued confidence and trust in our technologies and engineering expertise. In 2013, you asked us to design and implement more high performance receiving-to-shipping solutions than ever before.

To support your growing requirements, Dematic added 450 new employees in 2013, the vast majority of whom have engineering skills in operations, process improvement, mechanical, electrical, controls and software; this is the expertise we will continue to develop in order to create more logistics results for your operations.

As we enter 2014 and look to the future, our engineering teams will focus on designs and methods that will increase the effectiveness of your ever changing distribution requirements. For example, we can help you with logistics strategies that support omni-channel distribution, efficient retail store shelf re-stocking, route sequenced order assembly and continuous replenishment (smaller orders, more often).

In 2014, look for distribution center solutions from Dematic that will include new ways to decant and put-away inventory, automate pick face replenishment, and optimize piece picking for e-fulfillment. You will also see new configurations of light and voice directed put/pack walls as well as semi-automated and fully automated mixed case palletizing solutions.

Meanwhile, we will focus on providing warehouse logistics solutions that focus on your core operational issues: order/inventory accuracy, labor productivity, SKU growth, space optimization, energy consumption and “average-to-peak” variations in order volumes.

In the area of system controls, expect to see new capabilities in our WCS software suite that will offer new functions, increased operational flexibility, modularity, and scalability. The expanded software capabilities from Dematic in analytics and operational data allows users to react faster and adjust system operation when activity profiles change in your distribution center.

For example, our real time mobile software, Mobile Monitor, brings “mission control” to your smart phone or tablet device. We look forward to including Mobile Monitor and other new software capabilities in your next system.