The KPI Team at NBWA’s 88th Annual Convention and Trade Show
KPI Solutions, with our PDC and Twinlode Automation teams, provides independent, unbiased consulting to beverage distribution networks across North America.
Our mission is to provide engineered solutions of unparalleled quality while providing our clients with premier personalized service. We provide conventional and automated solutions based on comprehensive analysis, sound first-hand operational principles, and a level of detail unparalleled in our industry.
Twinlode Automation
Twinlode Automation delivers high-density racking and automation solutions tailored for beverage manufacturers, distributors, and co-packers. With over 40 years of experience, Twinlode helps optimize warehouse space, streamline inventory rotation, and meet strict health and safety standards.
Our turnkey systems including ASRS, layer picking, palletizing, and keg flow racking, are designed to support FIFO/LIFO inventory strategies, reduce labor costs, and boost throughput. Whether you’re storing bottled water, beer, soft drinks, or energy beverages, Twinlode’s scalable solutions ensure your facility is ready for today’s demands and tomorrow’s growth.
Featured Automation Solutions
PDC is a trusted, neutral consulting firm that tailors engineered solutions for automation, network strategy, conventional warehousing, and improved operational processes.
We develop palletizing, depalletizing and case packing solutions in order to allow our customers to automate their inbound and outbound processes.
These integrated systems offer specially designed storage with a flexible number of shuttles, controlled automatically by the software.
Data-driven analysis and technology-neutral solutions that drive operational excellence and build resilience for beverage distributors.
Opto’s system-independent features simplify the transition to automated systems and increases operational efficiency by orchestrating order flow with labor and automation.
Do The Homework, Make the Grades: Getting an A+ On Your Technological Investments
Distributorships are vibrant, kinetic and evolving organizations. Order patterns and complexities established over months, now change within a week, while a challenging labor market has made accommodating fluctuations more difficult.
How can distributors maintain efficiency with so many variables affecting their operations?
Investing in technology such as automation or mobile material handling offers an opportunity to position your organization for short- and long-term success – but it must be done with thoughtfulness and preparation to get the results you need.
This seminar will detail the pre-work, and the homework necessary to make the grade on aligning your labor and technology investments. We’ll explore:
- How to perform a complete and objective analysis of the current and future business at the invoice level
- Reviewing case studies of well-calibrated solutions and their results, as well as common myths and mistakes.
- Available solutions and technologies and where they apply to your business
What Comes Next?
- Arrange a site visit to observe the operations and define goals and objectives
- Develop the scope of work necessary to achieve goals and objectives
- Collect operating data to perform the necessary analytics
- Model agreed-upon operating scenarios and design criteria
- Develop a range of operating designs and associated performance attributes
- Perform operational and financial evaluation to define the optimal solution and supporting business case