Discover how to maximize your warehouse automation investment by automating secondary and supporting workflows with flexible robotic systems. Download our comprehensive whitepaper to explore strategies, real-world examples, and the full potential of seamless automation integration.

The Importance of Automating Supporting Workflows with Flexible Robotic Systems

In response to the growing consumer demand for rapid and customized order fulfillment, warehouse operators are increasingly turning to automation to enhance efficiency and throughput. This whitepaper highlights the importance of not only automating primary workflows—such as receiving, storing, picking, packing, and shipping—but also automating secondary and other supporting workflows to fully realize the benefits of warehouse automation.

Primary workflows are the essential operations that directly affect order fulfillment and inventory management. However, secondary workflows, which support and facilitate primary processes, and other supporting workflows, like sequencing and cycle counting, are often overlooked. By automating these intermediary processes, warehouses can eliminate bottlenecks, reduce manual interventions, and ensure a smooth flow of operations.
Prime Robotics’ flexible robotic systems seamlessly integrate with existing warehouse management systems (WMS) and other automation tools to address these secondary and supporting workflows. This holistic approach to automation maximizes productivity, throughput, and return on investment (ROI).

The whitepaper delves into specific examples of secondary workflows, such as pallet wrapping, order buffering, staging, decanting, and quality assurance, and other supporting workflows like sequencing, pallet stack planning, and print and apply.
The whitepaper emphasizes the necessity of a comprehensive automation strategy that addresses supporting workflows to optimize warehouse operations, meet consumer demands, and achieve maximum ROI. Prime Robotics offers a consultative approach to evaluate and implement the most effective automation solutions tailored to unique warehouse needs.