{"id":13265,"date":"2024-06-25T01:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T01:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=13265"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:50:35","slug":"fortna-optisweep-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-optisweep-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortna OptiSweep Awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortna<\/a>, an automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, reports that its OptiSweep solution has been awarded Automated Sortation System of the Year in the third annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards.<\/p>\n

The innovative solution leverages Fortna<\/a> WCS software, specially designed hardware and Geekplus mobile robots to automate what is typically a labor-intensive process in high-volume eCommerce and parcel distribution centers.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s edition of the SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards received thousands of entries, with winners selected across a range of categories including eCommerce logistics, digital freight shipping, inventory management, and more.<\/p>\n

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Fortna OptiSweep significantly reduces these labor requirements by using Geekplus robots to collect orders from sorter divert locations and bring them to specially designed goods-to-person locations for bulk consolidation and outbound processes.<\/p><\/div>\n

The traditional, established sorter close-out process uses workers to monitor specific sorter destinations, physically remove items and walk them to a consolidation station for downstream processes.<\/p>\n

Fortna<\/a> OptiSweep significantly reduces these labor requirements by using Geekplus robots to collect orders from sorter divert locations and bring them to specially designed goods-to-person locations for bulk consolidation and outbound processes.<\/p>\n

The solution easily integrates with other automated sorter systems and can match a range of throughput requirements, offering processing flexibility from 4,000 to more than 34,000 pieces per hour.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s edition of the SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards received thousands of entries, with winners selected across a range of categories including eCommerce logistics, digital freight shipping, inventory management, and more.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOur approach to innovation targets the most pressing challenges facing today\u2019s eCommerce-driven supply chains with best-fit automation technology, tailored to what businesses need,\u201d said Rob McKeel, CEO, Fortna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur priority and focus continue to be on accelerating supply chain automation that elevates competitive advantage, and OptiSweep delivers on that promise, delivering consistent performance and scalability to a process particularly prone to labor challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

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OptiSweep was named Automated Sortation System of the Year in the third annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fortna<\/a> and Geekplus announced a global strategic partnership in 2023 to design, develop and implement cutting-edge automated robotic solutions. Fortna<\/a> OptiSweep shows this combination in action, with Fortna<\/a> WCS software and its proprietary algorithms seamlessly orchestrating workflow and Geekplus mobile robots collecting and transporting orders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked in close collaboration with Fortna<\/a> to make this new sorter changeover process a reality, and the result is a truly innovative solution,\u201d said Lit Fung, vice president and managing director for international business, Geekplus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe warehouse market needs automation to handle the demands of today\u2019s order fulfillment and this SupplyTech Award is recognition that together we\u2019re targeting the right application with the right technology.\u201d<\/p>\n