In logistics and distribution, it’s critical to have speed and accuracy when you want to optimize your processes and maintain a competitive edge. That’s why the integration of Honeywell technology into the ARCHIE inventory and audit robot is transforming warehouse management, making it an essential tool for improving warehouse efficiency.

The innovative solution: Real-time digitalized inventories

ARCHIE performs inventory checks while assessing item conditions as they are stored on shelves.   ARCHIE can be mounted onto a forklift and maneuvered around a warehouse, allowing warehouse enterprises to make even further use of their forklift fleet. ARCHIE is equipped with a column of Honeywell Extended FlexRange™ EX30 extra-long range scan engines, providing a 2-meter height scanning range, ensuring that all labels are assigned to its corresponding product in the warehouse, enabling real-time inventory auditing. ARCHIE generates a bank of images and structured data that can be seamlessly integrated into the Warehouse Management System (WMS), optimizing stock control and ensuring traceability. ARCHIE has reported an inventory productivity rate of 1,000 pallets per hour.

Operational benefits for warehouses

This technology integration brings a range of benefits that significantly enhance warehouse management:

• Faster, more frequent, and verifiable cycle counts.
• Real-time inventory data with great precision and accuracy.
• Warehouse operation remains uninterrupted.
• Improvement in timeliness for order processing KPIs.
• Increased availability of warehouse workers.
• Reduction of safety risks during the audit process.
• No implementation project required.
• No need for relabeling or special signage.

Conclusion: A commitment to efficiency and precision

Incorporating Honeywell scan engines into robots like ARCHIE is a significant step forward in the digital transformation and streamlining of warehouses. This technology enables companies to have precise control over inventory and product conditions in real-time, leading to enhanced operational efficiency and cost reduction while also minimizing errors and ensuring product quality.

By introducing this innovative solution, Honeywell and ARCHIE remain at the forefront of warehouse and logistics technology, providing advanced tools that cater to the needs of an ever more competitive and challenging market.

See ARCHIE in action at Logistics & Automation in Madrid on 27-28 November

Archie Technologies will attend the Logistics & Automation Fair in Madrid on 27-28 November. Visit stand 7H54 for a live demo of ARCHIE, where you can see how leading companies are already benefiting from using it in their warehouses.

_{Extended FlexRange™ is a trademark of Honeywell International, Inc.}