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The use of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), or robotic lift trucks, is expanding as the industry finds ways to transition simple, repeatable tasks to guided or autonomous vehicles, experts say.

Serving as the backbone to packaging operations, today’s palletizers and depalletizers incorporate flexibility, speed, high performance and safety to ramp up operations.

The collaborative robot is designed for low-speed applications and to help companies embrace Industry 4.0 opportunities.

Through new facility development, some beverage operators are dedicating their capital expenditure budget to the construction of new plants and offices.

The redesign project was necessitated by industry demand from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end users for space-saving components supporting heavier payloads.

Distributors rely on mobile apps and wireless direct-store-delivery (DSD) hardware and software solutions in order to provide the best customer service, ensure accuracy and boost efficiency.

As automation proliferates and technology has advanced, new and faster processing platforms and high-speed communication advancements, like wireless and new I/O platforms, have become available.

With the right equipment, not all suggested solutions require major overhauls or new purchases.