SmartPocket
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Excellence in Business to Business
Transformative Solutions
Details
A pocket sorter is an automatic conveyor system for hanging storage, sorting, and sequencing of items, which is used specifically in e-commerce. With SmartPocket, TGW Logistics presents a pocket sorter technology that has the potential to become a game changer in intralogistics. Instead of the usual drag chain, this innovation relies on intelligent self-driving robots. These so-called SmartCarriers move autonomously to their destination on a rail network. The key advantages are maximum efficiency, minimized energy consumption, low maintenance requirements, and quiet operation.
The Jury‘s Statement
Intralogistics quickly comes under pressure when increasing variants, short delivery times, and lack of space meet rigid processes. SmartPocket creates a new organizational principle that flexibly buffers goods flows, selectively consolidates them, and thereby noticeably calms processes. This turns hectic activity into a manageable flow that ensures quality and relieves employees. The innovative character lies in the structural effect: the solution enables new process logics between storage, sorting, and shipping, making existing infrastructures more adaptable without interrupting their operation.
