Warehouse and Material Handling Systems

This number can be used to track inventory goods.

An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a portable robot that, unlike an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), follows along marked long lines or wires on the floor, or uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers for navigation.

An automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS or AS/RS) consists of a variety of computer-controlled systems for automatically placing and retrieving loads from defined storage locations.

An overhead crane, commonly called a bridge crane, is a type of crane found in industrial environments.

A pallet (also called a skid) is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a front loader, a jacking device, or an erect crane.

A pallet jack, also known as a pallet truck or pallet pump, is a tool used to lift and move pallets.

Pallet rack is a material handling storage aid system designed to store materials on pallets (or “skids”).

A palletizer or palletiser is a machine which provides automatic means for stacking cases of goods or products onto a pallet.

A warehouse management system (WMS) is a set of policies and processes intended to organise the work of a warehouse or distribution centre, and ensure that such a facility can operate efficiently and meet its objectives.

Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers.

In logistics, a sorter is a system which performs sortation of products (goods, luggage, mail, etc.) according to their destinations.

is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances

It’s easier to talk about the modern loading dock and how the system of safely loading and unloading goods came about with Kelley’s first counterbalanced dock leveler.

Pick-to-Light directs manual picking by lighting up bins.

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