Saturday, May 3, 2014

Best material handling and logistics automation



Dematic is a material handling and logistics automation company based in Luxembourg. It has production and management sites in Europe, China, Australia and the USA and is represented in 35 countries on all continents. With an installed base of over 5,000 systems, the company has around 4,000 employees worldwide and generates a global business volume of approx. 1 billion Euros .

On September 15, 2010, Dematic Group successfully completed the acquisition of HK Systems, a North American automated material handling and software solutions provider. The expanded manufacturing footprint allows Dematic to manufacture within the USA storage and retrieval machines and automated guided vehicles in addition to conveyor, sortation and order fulfillment technology.

Dematic designs, builds, and life cycle supports logistics solutions to optimize material and information flow—from receiving to shipping, within the four walls of the factory, warehouse, or distribution center. Typical solutions are built around process improvements, material handling technology, and software. System configurations may be manually operated, mechanized or automated.

Dematic range of business covers the food and beverage industry, general retail, wholesale, manufacturing, food service, apparel retail, direct distribution, the 3PL industry (Third Party Logistics), and document and collections storage and management (integrated or automated library systems).



  


  • Business segments

Dematic designs, builds, and life cycle supports logistics solutions to optimize material and information flow—from receiving to shipping, within the four walls of the factory, warehouse, or distribution center. Typical solutions are built around process improvements, material handling technology, and software. System configurations may be manually operated, mechanized or automated.

Dematic’s range of business covers the food and beverage industry, general retail, wholesale, manufacturing, food service, apparel retail, direct distribution, the 3PL industry (Third Party Logistics), and document and collections storage and management (integrated or automated library systems).

  • Products and Services

The company designs and manufactures individual products and material handling equipment such as automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) and different types of conveyors, sortation systems and order picking systems. The company's product offering is complemented by consultative, planning and design services that integrate the different hardware and software components into total logistics solutions. In addition, the company provides software and IT solutions like warehouse management systems and systems that support material flow and paperless order picking operations.Dematic also offers a full range of customer services such as the technical operation of facilities and their maintenance.

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