Without automating their warehouses, retailers can no longer meet their growing volume of customer orders or the delivery time expectations of their consumers. In the age of quick commerce, customers expect retailers to deliver their orders on the same day. 68% of shoppers are more likely to complete a purchase online if offered same-day delivery.
This is why 25% of warehouses worldwide have already implemented automation in some form, while 10% are upgrading their automation solutions.
That said, warehouse automation cannot be a “one-size-fits-all” model. Rather, modern retailers need a more dynamic and flexible tool that can cater to different business sizes and requirements. This is where Carte+ scores over other warehouse automation tools. As compared to traditional warehouses, Carte+ has reduced the business dependence on manual labor and human personnel.
Here are 6 reasons to choose Carte+ to automate your warehouse:
- Space optimization
Micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs) are fast emerging as a cost-effective and feasible medium for faster order fulfillment. While MFCs are transforming warehouse operations, they can face space constraints – particularly in urban locations. Traditional warehouse automation tools cannot adapt to warehouses with limited floor space and high order volumes.
With Carte+, MFCs can automate both horizontal and vertical movements within the facility. Besides, Carte+ can:
- Fit seamlessly in a limited floor space of as much as 2,000 square feet.
- Navigate smoothly within the facility for product pickup and packaging.
- Leverage its vertical storage space (over 8 feet ceiling)
- Retrofitting into existing facilities
Retail and distribution companies are increasingly interested in approaches that allow them to retrofit their existing facilities to save both time and money. However, most of the existing warehouse automation tools are designed for new facilities – and not for upgrading (or retrofitting) existing facilities.
With Carte+, companies can now easily convert any physical facility into a modern MFC or distribution center. Besides, they can easily integrate Carte+ with existing third-party systems like logistics, thus requiring no major overhaul that can disrupt most warehouse operations.
Here’s what makes Carte+ ideal for retrofitting operations:
- Easy to retrofit into existing mezzanines and high-bay racks.
- Supports automation for high racks (over 40 feet) and low ceilings (6 feet)
- Easy to maintain and upgrade
- Does not require any floor preparation or permitting.
- Automatic store replenishment
Besides automating warehouses, Carte+ can help retail companies fulfill their customer orders. As an order fulfillment solution, Carte+ can automatically replenish physical stores with out-of-stock products in the event of any emergency or high demand. With automatic replenishment, retailers can now ensure product availability around the clock, thus leading to higher sales and revenues.
With over 450 picks per hour, Carte+ can support automatic replenishment for both online and physical stores. Further, Carte+ provides the necessary flexibility for omnichannel brands to switch between online and physical store operations – based on the current market demand.
- Faster installation
Fast-growing retail companies need to operationalize their warehouse automation in quick time to cater to their high order volumes. While retrofitting can save a lot of time, the Carte+ solution is built for quick installation in new and existing warehouses – in under 6 weeks. Without any floor preparation, Carte+ is ideal for companies looking to set up several MFCs within a short period.
Apart from faster installation, warehouses can install Carte+ without disrupting their existing operations. What’s more, with the eCarte+ digital twin model, companies can design and test the virtual model of their physical facility.
- Scalability and flexibility
With its multi-tenant architecture, Carte+ is flexible to accommodate a variety of workflows for different clients. Retailers with seasonal demands (for instance, winter clothing) need this level of flexibility in their warehouse automation solution. Additionally, retailers need a scalable tool that can adapt to their business growth and customer orders.
Here’s what makes Carte+ ideal for business scalability and flexibility:
- Ability to reconfigure automated bots, bot paths, and lifts according to the business needs.
- Easier to configure its software technology stack to meet demand fluctuations.
- Reuse of existing warehouse robots to meet a variety of tasks.
- Support for cloud-native orchestration that can integrate with other warehouse management systems.
- Higher throughput
At 450 totes per hour, Carte+ can help retailers improve their throughput to handle the increase in customer orders. What sets Carte+ apart is its ability to improve throughput across the entire warehouse operational cycle. Comparatively, other warehouse automation tools can only increase the throughput in selected areas of their operations (for instance, in product picking and packaging).
Here’s why Carte+ is built for higher throughput:
- Optimized SKU-based placements for faster tote presentation.
- Faster product storage and retrieval – along with efficient pathfinding – at over 500 totes per hour.
- Efficient presentation and ergonomic design to improve product pickup efficiency.
Conclusion
To maximize their warehouse efficiency, modern companies need a flexible and scalable warehouse automation solution that can save both time and costs.
As a flexible warehouse automation tool, Carte+ (developed by Cartesian Kinetics) is an ideal fit for modern warehouses with benefits such as:
- Cost efficiency through retrofitting
- Scalability to meet fluctuating customer demands
- Flexibility to be reused for different warehouse operations
- Faster installation in less than 6 weeks
If you want to know more about Carte+, feel free to reach out to us today!
