Material Handling

Handling systems look simple and are not. The logic that decides when a zone releases a load is what separates a system running at its rated throughput from one that gums up twice a shift.

Accumulation

Zone control that releases only when the downstream zone can genuinely accept, with the gap management that keeps a sorter reading reliably. Done badly, this is the source of most handling-system complaints.

Tracking

Loads tracked through the system so that a scan failure results in a controlled exception rather than a lost item and a manual search.

Talking to the warehouse system

Clean, documented interfaces to the WCS or WMS, with the message set agreed in writing before either side builds against it.