E-Commerce & Logistics
End-of-line automation for operations where every pallet is different: mixed multi-SKU loads and order-based palletizing.
In an e-commerce operation, two pallets are rarely alike. The pallet is no longer a stack of one product but the physical form of an order, which makes classic fixed-pattern palletizing impractical.
The answer is to make the pattern generated rather than fixed: a mixed-SKU layout derived from order data, an application-specific gripper, and cell capacity sized against peak volume.
The industry's challenge, Cortiva's answer
Orders are individual and mixed, so two pallets are rarely alike.
Order-based palletizing builds the pallet from order data.
The SKU count is high and constantly changing, which makes a fixed pallet pattern useless.
For mixed-SKU palletizing the pattern is generated as a recipe; a new SKU needs no mechanical change.
Volume multiplies within a short window during promotional peaks.
Cell capacity is sized against peak volume, with infeed and buffering planned to match.
Cases of different sizes and weights end up on the same pallet.
Gripping and stacking cases of different sizes is solved with an application-specific gripper.
Systems used in this industry
Which end-of-line step do we automate in this industry?
Custom Palletizing
Custom Palletizing
Purpose-built palletizing cells: single or multiple infeed, unit, row or layer picking, products up to 57 kg and pallets up to 2743 mm.
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Mixed Palletizing
Mixed Palletizing
Multiple SKUs on a single pallet: order-based mixed pallet building with configurable pallet sizes.
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