{"id":2321,"date":"2023-03-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.3dbinpacking.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2023-07-13T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:36:27","slug":"autostore-for-ecommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.3dbinpacking.com\/en\/autostore-for-ecommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoStore – an automated warehouse for the e-commerce industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AutoStore class warehouses have revolutionized the storage and picking of small items such as cosmetics, electronic gadgets, shoes, clothing, toys, computer games and tools, i.e. goods most often purchased in online stores. Manual picking is time-consuming and storage requires a large warehouse which involves labor costs which increase every year. This is what happens in a traditional warehouses. The AutoStore system allows you to simultaneously increase efficiency and cut costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the difference between a traditional, even partially automated storage facility and an AutoStore warehouse? Strange, but true – it is the amount of air stored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AutoStore does not store air<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A classic warehouse is a structure of racks intersected at right angles with aisles. From an economic point of view, each warehouse aisle is a waste of space<\/strong> – not used for storing goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if the shelves were brought together and the shelves were replaced with containers placed on top of each other? Great, but how to get the goods from such a warehouse? Do you actually need to go inside? After all, you can pick containers from the top of the heap – you only need to replace forklifts with autonomous robots working without operators. The AutoStore system has made these ideas come true \u2013 soon it will be 20 years since the first implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metal mesh and spider robots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The desire to compact the storage and fit many more goods without expanding the warehouse could not be fulfilled for a long time. Only the creators of AutoStore dared to think about the warehouse from a completely different angle: they put the goods in a compact heap and placed the transport elements on top of i<\/strong>t. The combination of three elements turned out to be the key to success:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n