KPI Solutions + AutoStore = Transformation in Motion

AutoStore’s Fall 2025 Portfolio Empowers Smarter Warehouses

“What if one system could flex for fashion, scale for grocery, and handle frozen goods at –25°C without breaking stride?”

That’s not just inspiration, it’s the reality behind AutoStore’s new Fall 2025 product portfolio, announced recently. It marks a major step forward in how warehouses can scale, adapt, and outperform.

Here at KPI Solutions, we’re very excited about the recent innovations announced by our long-term automation partner, AutoStore. These new innovations address real-world operational challenges, from SKU explosion and cold-chain growth to rising service expectations, while unlocking new levels of flexibility, storage density, and ROI.

KPI Solutions, with partners like AutoStore, enables clients to serve their customers faster, more accurately, and with greater adaptability and scalability, while staying ahead of future demands.

With AutoStore’s next-generation technologies, KPI Solutions’ data-driven design expertise, and our best-in-class Opto software, our clients are already turning innovation into measurable business performance. I invite you to read on for further insights.

Why This Launch Matters

Fulfillment leaders across industries face the same pressures:

• SKU proliferation that strains space and systems
• Labor shortages that limit throughput and scalability
• Cold-chain growth driving up cost per cubic foot
• Faster delivery promises demanding shorter cycle times

Historically, automation has been highly specialized, using one system for e-commerce each-picking and another for full-case replenishment. The Fall 2025 AutoStore portfolio changes that. It brings multiple workflows into one unified, high-density platform.

Breakthrough Innovations Designed to Leap Ahead, Not Catch Up

FlexBins – Different Bin Sizes on the Same Grid: One system for every SKU

FlexBins allow you to store oversized items, polybags, cartons, and small items within different bin sizes side-by-side in a single AutoStore grid without over-engineering or wasted cube.

FlexBins are perfect for storage and retrieval of apparel, footwear, sporting goods, general merchandise, and other high-SKU-variance operations.

• Up to 30–40% more usable storage density

• Eliminates secondary storage “islands”
• Reduces total system footprint + real estate cost

AutoCase – Full-Case Handling + Each-Picking in the Same System: No added infrastructure.

Within an AutoCase system, robots can load and store full cases, while seamlessly switching to each-picking as needed, all within the same grid. Orders can even be picked directly into a shipping container that is buffered within the grid to provide greater flexibility when strict shipping cutoff times are a top concern. This leads to fewer conveyors, fewer bottlenecks, and fewer touches per pick.

• 25–50% reduction in case-to-each cycle time
• Lower replenishment labor
• Higher throughput and order availability
• Increased order shipping flexibility

AutoCase systems are perfect for grocery, e-commerce, health & beauty products, consumer packaged goods, and big-box retail applications.

Frozen-Only Grid – Automation Built for Temperatures Down to –25°C

Cold storage is one of the highest-cost environments per cubic foot and one of the most challenging warehouse environments to staff. Automating storage and retrieval from frozen zones removes significant labor and safety barriers.

Frozen-Only Grid technology is ideal for grocery fulfillment, foodservice, pharmaceutical cold chain, and frozen third-party logistics needs.

• Achieve ambient-level throughput in freezer environments
• Direct cold-chain automation – no more manual freezer islands
• Drives down long-term facility operating costs

And There’s More! Smarter Scaling & Faster Go-Lives

Fire Suppression Designed for Automation

AutoStore now supports a lower-pressure sprinkler approach that still meets safety requirements — but with significant savings. This risk-reducing solution enables facilities to get up and running faster while reducing capital expenditure tied to fire protection.

Floor Prep Without the Headache

New, less stringent floor flatness requirements mean most installations no longer require grinding the concrete slab. That means lower cost, less noise, less mess, and a much quicker transition from construction to live, operational use.

CubeDeploy: Updates Without the Downtime

With the updated deployment process, software enhancements are pushed through a streamlined, single-installer workflow. Upgrades happen more quickly and cleanly, minimizing disruption while keeping the system running at peak performance.

Turning Innovation into Operational Wins

KPI Solutions is not waiting. Here’s how we’re already applying these new capabilities for our clients:

✅ Standard design analysis now includes FlexBins + AutoCase evaluation

✅ Cold-chain modeling includes Frozen-Only automation pathways

✅ New deployment methods mean faster startup and quicker time to value

✅ To optimize efficiencies, we map labor per unit, cost per order, and order lead time to these innovations

Our goal isn’t “new technology.” It’s “better business performance.”

Why Leaders Are Acting Now

✅ The tech is new → early adopters gain a multi-year competitive edge

✅ One system can now support entire fulfillment portfolios

✅ Rising operational costs demand higher efficiency per cubic foot

Waiting means reacting to your competitor’s playbook.

AutoStore’s Fall 2025 portfolio opens the door to future-proof fulfillment and KPI Solutions is ready to help you walk through it first.

If you’re evaluating transformation in apparel, grocery, frozen goods, 3PL, or high-variation fulfillment, let’s talk. We’ll bring the modeling, the business case, and the execution roadmap.

KPI Solutions + AutoStore = Transformation in Motion.

Let’s build the future together.