AS/RS Industry Group Releases Fall 2009 Quarterly Report—
Automated Storage Systems Make a Play for Sustainability

Automated storage: It’s all about productivity, productivity, productivity Friday, April 03, 2009
Why is productivity so important? Too many companies have discovered that providing quality products and services is no longer enough to win in the marketplace. Instead, companies are looking to the management of assets and the reduction of costs to add value to their businesses. They realize that the cost of moving and managing materials, while still meeting service level agreements, is the last area in manufacturing and distribution operations where significant cost efficiencies can be realized. Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), mini-load systems, horizontal and vertical carousels, and vertical lift modules (VLM) deliver the edge to make manufacturing and distribution more productive and competitive.

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