Store material handling software

With our ability to integrate material handling systems, large and small, Bastian Solutions has seen repeated success with AutoStore installations across North and South America.

Now as a global AutoStore integrator , we look forward to continued success with our clients on an international scale. AutoStore is an innovative storage solution that allows complete configurability and flexibility. Bins are stacked vertically in a grid and retrieved by robots that travel on the top layer of the system. This makes it possible for the grid to be placed around columns, on mezzanines, and on multiple levels.

Combined with Exacta software and other picking and conveying solutions, AutoStore systems are great for a variety of industry segments including ecommerce and omnichannel facilities as well as third-party logistics and parts management. Bastian Solutions is recognized as one of the top AutoStore integrators. See our top customer success stories featuring AutoStore. An AutoStore system is comprised of 4 main components: a structural grid, delivery robots, storage bins, and an operator port.

Products are stored in stacked bins within the dense aluminum grid. Balaji Abbabatulla , research director at Gartner, says Cloud capabilities are driving much of the growth.

Key benefits of Cloud-based software include low up-front cost, eliminating the need for large in-house IT teams, and automatic updates. Instead, they are happy to compromise on a set of features to incrementally improve right now. It might not be as optimal, but at least something gets rolling.

Abbabatulla says the shift in defining the value of Cloud software is meaningful and has prompted vendors to approach the market differently. Today, he says, most Cloud solutions offered by traditional suppliers are not as robust as on-premise deployments, but nearly all leading vendors have a program in place to bring Cloud deployments to the same level of performance. It seems to be the direction vendors are moving because end-users are concerned about software management.

The top five vendors in the SCM market all increased revenue, but only JDA and Infor grew market share by outperforming the total market growth, Abbabatulla says. WiseTech , which joined the list last year, is an Australia-based software supplier that is expanding in Europe and Latin America and, to a lesser extent, the United States.

Challenges are on the horizon for all vendors, Abbabatulla cautions, as they continue to add functionality related to emerging technologies.

As new technology comes on the scene, he says, it will take some time for the hype to fade and mature into better value. Globally, Abbabatulla says emerging markets will help sustain growth in coming years due to ongoing adoption of more fundamental software solutions like warehouse management systems WMS and transportation management systems TMS.

Differences exist in the business models, too. These companies tend to have customers tied into long-term contracts, Abbabatulla says, so to switch to a new platform brings different costs and concerns. Small- and medium-sized businesses are poised to benefit from a renewed vendor focus on solutions for such organizations.

Even large enterprises are increasingly building smaller facilities and network nodes. The resulting solutions, when delivered by the Cloud, can grant small businesses with outsized software sophistication.

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