AutoStore Integration
AutoStore Integration: KPI-S A/S
We understand that not all systems require custom-configured solutions, so we have developed a standard product called KPI-S A/S that draws upon various components from our vast set of modular products and is configured into a product designed for fast, cost-effective implementation.
KPI-S A/S—Kommand Performance Intelligent Software AutoStore—is a software package provided by KPI. This software is required to manage bin configurations and bin contents, request bin movements to/from ports, and provide the user interface for port activities.
Common port activities include:
- Induction
- Replenishment
- Picking
- Inspection
- Counting
- Consolidation (Future Release)
The KPI-S A/S includes all the functionality needed in many situations, including standard interfaces to Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP) or Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), inventory management, put-away, order fulfillment, and shipment.
About AutoStore
AutoStore is a cubic storage and retrieval system for bins. The AutoStore system consists of the grid, robots, battery chargers, ports, wireless access points, and the AutoStore controller.
AutoStore bins are inducted at ports, stored in the grid by robots that access cells from the top of grid.
Bins are retrieved to ports where the bin can be inspected, bin contents modified, and then returned to the grid for storage. Special transfer cells can be implemented to remove or returns bins to the grid.
Key Benefits
Turnkey solution that can later be customized as needed
Interfaces with other higher-level software systems
Interfaces with AutoStore-provided software
Capable of running in standalone mode
Configures to operate differently at different sites as needed
KPI-S A/S Manages:
Bin Inventory
The contents of each bin. The inventory attributes will be fully configurable for each implementation, but all implementations will track item and quantity at a minimum.
Common attributes are:
• Item
• Lot/Batch Number Batch Number
• FIFO Dat
• Expiration Date
• Inventory Status
• Quantity and Unit of Measure (each, pack, case, etc.)
• Serial Numbers
Interfaces
KPI-S A/S interfaces with other higher-level software systems including Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP), Warehouse Management System (WMS), and WES/WCS (Warehouse Execution and Control Systems).
Always interfaces with AutoStore-provided software used to manage bin locations, port operations, and the robots including battery charging operations.
Provides configuration options for host interfaces, user interfaces, and within the process workflows through user friendly, browser-based touchscreen applications to allow the software to operate differently at different customer sites based on need.
Batch Activities
• Activate
• Suspend
• Resume
• Complete
• Scheduling bins to ports
• Picking product from bins to containers
• Releasing bins back to the grid
Replenishment
/Returns
• Scheduling bins to ports
• Adding product to bins
• Releasing bins for return to the grid
Batch Picking
• Batch setup
• Marrying pick lists to containers
• Assigning locations to containers
Inspection
• Scheduling bins to be inspected
• Inspection process
• Releasing bins back to the grid
Counting
• Scheduling bins to be counted
• Count process
• Releasing bins back to the grid
Module 5:
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