Customer expectations and order fulfillment process challenges have driven the need for order completion technologies like automated product bagging, boxing, carton print-and-apply labeling, document insertion, manifesting, scan verification, and check-weight systems due to the following factors: 1. High Customer Expectations for Speed and Accuracy Fast Delivery: Customers expect faster delivery times, with many demanding…
By Dann Woellert – October 2023 Whether you are a first-timer or a seasoned veteran of warehouse automation, there is always a level of software anxiety to overcome. Software requirements change and technology improves over the years. Yet software isn’t a tangible product like conveyor or a PLC. You can’t always touch software or…
Matthews Automation is a leading provider of material handling systems and software, servicing customers from two North American locations. Our Pyramid | Compass team in Cincinnati, OH provides advanced warehouse execution software (WES) and warehouse control systems that integrate islands of automation and balance work for optimum throughput. Matthews’ Lightning Pick team delivers pick-to-light, put…
CINCINNATI, OH — Matthews Automation’s Austin Santich, Director of Systems Engineering, was interviewed by Modern Materials Handling’s senior editor, Roberto Michel, for the magazine’s July article exploring how warehouse execution system (WES) software coordinates and optimizes warehouse automation. Distribution and fulfillment centers are adding more automation like automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), robotics, and conveyor…
by Dann Woellert Common WES Misconceptions The last several years have required warehouses to operate more efficiently to handle the increase in orders. For most this means increased automation, which can seem overwhelming to scope. A good warehouse execution system (WES) can integrate high level operational data to optimize workers and equipment. Deciding which WES…
By Dale Houser Proven Solutions Customer Service – when the everyday consumer hears these words it’s usually in the context of a complaint or issue with a product or service that was provided. However, at Matthews Automation Solutions, Customer Service is something completely different. For Matthews, Customer Service is an integral part of being a…
by Austin Santich Wine and spirits distributors face shifting consumer tastes and buying behaviors, explosive SKU proliferation and increased order complexity. The following five warehouse automation technologies are scalable, agile methods of helping alcohol distributors maintain high-efficiency order fulfillment operations and first-class route delivery services. 1. Optimized Waving In route stop distribution, grouping stops together…
In our recent Rockwell Automation webinar — Transforming Material Handling Operations — Dann Woellert, Software Product Manager, discussed a case study of state-of-the-art automation for a large meal kit delivery service. Below is an overview of Dann’s presentation, which you can watch in the video below this article. Meal Kit Delivery Services Market There are…
Matthews Offers a Virtual Demo of NEXUS Warehouse Execution System at ProMat DX CINCINNATI, OH — Matthews Automation Solutions, a provider of warehouse automation systems and software, is introducing their new NEXUS Warehouse Execution System (WES). A warehouse execution system connects diverse automated processes in a distribution center and manages them as a centralized, integrated…
“In Control” article describes Matthews Automation’s agile and innovative warehouse automation CINCINNATI, OH — Supply Chain World (SCW) magazine recently published a feature story on Matthews Automation Solutions. In interviews with Gary Cash, Senior Vice President and General Manager, and Erica Wine, Product Marketing Specialist, SCW examined the Warehouse Execution Systems (WES) software and controls…