Our very own Jason Gryszkowiec recently published an article about shuttle system management in Modern Materials Handling. He discusses how shuttle systems, long valued for boosting picking performance, can also play a powerful supporting role within larger material-handling operations. By acting as configurable buffers that smooth out sequencing, automation volume, and palletization flow, they help reduce equipment requirements and increase overall productivity. Their flexibility allows them to enhance both picking and non-picking processes, ultimately elevating total system performance.

As the use of shuttle systems is increasing throughout the materials handling industry, they have rightly been perceived as a powerful tool for increasing picking performance. While that’s true, these systems can also be incorporated in a supporting role within larger materials handling systems to provide buffer functionality to increase total system performance. Shuttle systems are highly configurable automated storage systems with the ability for high selectivity from occupied positions and precise sequencing of the delivery of outbound items.

 
 
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