EPG (Ehrhardt Partner Group) has further expanded its technological network in warehouse automation through a strategic partnership with Locus Robotics, the company revealed in a press statement.
Based on the full integration of the Locus Robotics system solution into the LFS Warehouse Management System, EPG can now provide companies with a ready-to-use solution that sustainably accelerates picking processes and enables flexible scaling in warehouse operations.
The Locus fulfillment solution is already in use at the Logistics Solution Center (LSC) in Boppard, Germany. With this collaboration, EPG is responding to a growing demand for solutions that can keep pace with dynamic market requirements and increasing order volumes.
Fulfillment solution
The combination of LFS and the software-driven fulfillment solution from Locus Robotics provides a robust foundation for this. As part of the Locus fulfillment solution, the mobile units take over travel-intensive transport routes, relieve employees, and enable structured process control, with all operations coordinated via LFS.
The WMS manages the order backlog and distributes tasks to autonomous robots, which are orchestrated via the Locus software. These move safely through the warehouse, position themselves at the designated picking stations, and save time by reducing walking distances. This reduces pick times and increases picking performance. The close integration of LFS and the Locus Robotics system solution is a key quality feature, the press communication continued.
“With Locus Robotics, we are gaining a strong partner whose technology ideally matches our goal of making automation quickly integrable and practical for everyday warehouse operations,” explained Jens Heinrich, Principal Strategic Product Manager at EPG.
New partnership
Locus Robotics also views the new partnership as an important step forward. “EPG and Locus share the vision of more efficient, safer, and scalable warehouse logistics. Integrating our software-driven fulfillment solution into EPG ONE LFS delivers clear added value for customers and demonstrates how powerful software-supported human–technology processes can be in the warehouse,” asserted says Denis Niezgoda, Chief Commercial Officer, Locus Robotics.
For many years, the Logistics Solution Center at EPG’s headquarters in Boppard-Buchholz has provided a practical environment in which EPG demonstrates a wide range of hardware and software components working together in operational processes.
