FlexBin
Store more, do more, all in one Grid.
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Store more, do more, all in one Grid.
Customer expectations for quicker delivery and a wider range of products continue to increase. FlexBins enables you to meet these demands directly within your AutoStore Grid.
This new AutoStore feature lets you store all three Bin sizes in a single system. Combine small, fast-moving items like accessories or electronic components with large, bulky, or irregularly shaped products like shoeboxes.
Experience the versatility of an all-in-one solution that removes the need for separate storage areas or outside systems to handle all operations — from picking and packing, to buffering and kitting.
With FlexBins, add-on equipment is unnecessary. The Grid handles it all for you.
Order consolidation & buffering
Kit assembly & just-in-time fulfillment
Mix shoes with apparel on the same Grid
Kit assembly & just-in-time assembly
Customers look to you as a comprehensive source for all their needs. FlexBins transforms your Grid into a powerful system that quickly delivers everything they seek.
Combine 220-, 330-, and 425-mm Bins to accommodate a diverse inventory within a single setup, eliminating the need for separate systems for small, medium, and large items.
Fulfillment is more than just picking, packing, and shipping; it also includes staging, buffering, handling returns, and sometimes complex kitting and mixed-case processing.
FlexBins enables you to manage all of these tasks directly from the Grid.
Consider a light assembly operation where a single operator works from one system, while robots deliver complete kits of parts — ranging from small to large — directly to the AutoStore workstation.
This eliminates the need for extra conveyors, forklifts, tugs, or additional staff to complete orders, making the kitting process quicker and more efficient.
Currently, you can have only one Bin type in a Grid. If you needed to include a second Bin type, you’d need a separate Grid. With FlexBins,that’s not the case anymore.
The Grid can be accurately designed by organizing different Bin types in dedicated zones and efficiently simulating the Bin behavior.
The upgraded design tools that come with FlexBins allow solution designers to accurately design and simulate a Grid with different Bin types, mapping different Bin distributions and behaviors to each Bin type — generating an accurate Bill of Material estimate.
FlexBins does not need any specific hardware, except for new Bins that the customer will be adding to their Grid.
All industries and verticals can benefit from FlexBins but some verticals will find it a lot more useful:
FlexBins support all AutoStore Bin sizes:
Yes, FlexBins is compatible with all AutoStore Ports.
Contact AutoStore to discover how FlexBins can transform your operations.
