Today’s consumers continue to shift demand towards online purchases, forcing warehouses to review their e-commerce operations to keep up with this evolving logistics landscape. Automation has long proven to be a highly effective path to overcome warehouse processes and supply chain challenges, with the integration of smart software being pivotal to deliver streamlined operations with the agility needed to safeguard future growth.
For such a dynamic industry, one of the most critical attributes for new technology software is its ability to adapt. With increasing levels of automation solutions being implemented such as conveyors, sortation systems and robots, software must be sufficiently quick and agile to integrate with both solution controls and existing systems already in place. There may be plenty of entry-level software technology in the marketplace, however the overriding differentials to its suitability for logistics operations, are its integration capabilities to a customer’s existing processes, scalability for future growth, as well as adaptability to new automation solutions as they come to market.
L-A-C Logistics Automation offers an impressive software technology toolbox to manage efficient warehouse operations that is both modular and scalable. Alongside its wide range of innovative automation solutions such as Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems, Autonomous Mobile Robots and Artificial Intelligence-driven robotic palletising and de-palletising solutions, L-A-C is proud to offer HELIX WCS as part of its automation software portfolio.
L-A-C Logistics Automation follows the guiding principles of safety, efficiency, and quality across system design, realisation, and implementation. A prime example of this methodology is L-A-C’s in-house Warehouse Control System platform HELIX which offers a new generation of warehouse control logistics software.
HELIX is designed to be highly efficient across all warehouse operations, offering end-to-end visibility of the automation chain. The software coordinates the movements of all automated equipment within the installation and is pivotal to effectively managing sequence data, converting it into build schedules, and offering full product traceability. HELIX software integrates seamlessly with customers’ WMS and ERP systems, providing real-time material flow with intuitive dashboards for operational insights with business intelligence.
L-A-C also uses sophisticated 3D robot simulation software to visualise space and cycle time analysis and through its wide range of robotics solutions, customers benefit from tailored and efficient software solutions for their unique needs, backed by L-A-C’s expertise and extensive range of automation products and services.
The L-A-C design team continues to develop innovation solutions that enhance automation solutions in line with technology advances. Just one of the recent developments has been the deployment of its own interface into the Exotec Skypod solution, an all-in-one system for storage, retrieval and order picking. Skypod operates on a goods-to-person philosophy and consists of robots that can climb racks up to 12 metres in height and retrieve products autonomously, before delivering totes to human-staffed or robotic picking stations.
To further enhance the existing technology, HELIX is deployable with a standard API interface for Exotec AMRs which offers a seamless interface between Exotec and high-level systems, bringing additional scalability to this versatile robotics solution. The software is also capable of integrating with 3rd party technology such as put-to-light systems, conveyor sorting and packaging machinery.
With decades of automation and systems integration expertise, L-A-C offers customers a one-stop shop for innovative software and controls integration to optimise warehouse automation solutions, with the all-important scalability and swift deployment at the heart of every design. To find out more, contact L-A-C’s team of experts today.
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