In today's fast-paced business environment, the efficiency and accuracy of warehouse management directly affect a company's competitiveness. Especially in the fast moving consumer goods industry, with strict requirements such as high storage capacity, inventory entry and exit efficiency, and material storage time, the traditional warehouse model has been unable to meet the needs of enterprises. In response to this growing industry demand, ZCNEST Robotics, with "Forklift AMR" as the core, has launched an unmanned, intelligent, and smart dense warehouse solution, helping related enterprises solve warehouse problems and significantly improving operational efficiency.

1/ Request points in the fast-moving consumer goods industry's warehousing

The storage density of the goods is high; although the number of SKUs is small, they are required to follow the first-in-first-out principle by batch; the lifting height of the goods is usually over 5 meters.The traditional manual operation of shuttle is not only cumbersome but also prone to errors, which can cause damage to the goods and affect the overall transfer efficiency.

In addition, due to the limitations of the industry, it is usually required that the entire production line does not stop, and extremely high requirements are imposed on the storage capacity and the efficiency of inbound and outbound .  

2/Scene Solutions

Shuttle model selection: Reach / Three-way / All-direction reach AMR + Four-way shuttle

The entire storage area can be divided into storage area, inbound/outbound connection area, receiving and dispatching area, and platform area. Each functional area is relatively independent, avoiding human-machine interaction to ensure operational safety.

Inbound operation: After manual unloading at the platform, the goods are moved to the connection area, and then batched inbound tasks are issued. Latent AMRs or Pallet AMRs are responsible for long-distance transportation, moving the goods from the receiving and shipping area to the inbound and outbound connection area. High-position Forklift-type AMRs (such as Reach, three-way AMRs, etc.) complete the racking operations.

Outbound operation: The ERP system issues outbound orders in advance, and the WMS (Warehouse Management System) breaks down the orders into outbound tasks. The AMR executes the outbound tasks in advance, transporting the outbound pallets to the connection area and synchronizing with the TMS (Transportation Management System). The trucks are assigned to specific platforms for loading, and manual loading is carried out.

3. Advantages of the solution

1.The storage capacity has been maximized, and the utilization rate per unit area of the warehouse has been significantly enhanced.

2. Intelligent system control, AMR automatically triggers inventory checking and inventory management functions to prevent goods from being stranded and ensure precise inventory management.

3. All related software and hardware products support production line expansion, helping to create a darklight factory and achieve 7* 24-hour operation.

4. Integrated solution: The Forklift AMR seamlessly connects with the racking system and works perfectly with the shuttles to maximize the capacity requirements of the warehouse while ensuring its efficient operation. 

5. It can be modularly configured according to the actual warehouse scenarios, flexibly adapting to warehousing environments of different scales and demands.

6. Compatible with multiple shuttle models, different types of Forklift AMRs can be selected based on the on-site project requirements to meet diverse operational needs.

4. Implementation cases

ZCNEST Robotics was founded in 2018. It is a national high-tech enterprise integrating the research and development, manufacturing and sales of mobile robots and intelligent equipment. It is an outstanding service provider of intelligent warehousing and in-plant logistics solutions. The company has a high-quality R&D team. Adhering to the concept of "Wisdom creates productivity", it continuously invests in R&D and innovation. Over the years, we have independently developed a series of robot products such as Forklift AMR, Latent AMR,and Pallet AMR, as well as supporting intelligent equipment, robot dispatching system (RCS), intelligent warehouse control system (WCS), intelligent warehouse management system (WMS), and other software and hardware products and systems.

Currently, the company has served in numerous fields such as rail transportation, logistics, food, medicine,maternal and infant,and automobiles. We will continue to promote the development of intelligent logistics and automated warehousing, dedicated to enhancing the productivity of intelligent storage and on-site logistics, and achieving full digitalization, automation and intelligence!