The Challenges For about 20 years, AER used a tugger transport system in their final assembly and shipping facility. Near the end of its life, the high cost of proprietary parts and the requirement of workers to manually move the vehicles throughout the facility began to take a toll. AER was facing lost profitability from increased downtime and increased labor costs with less productive time spent on assembly. A search ensued for replacement AGVs and Dematic Compact Tugger units were selected to replace the outdated system. Our Solution Hands-off AGVs The Dematic AGVs require less labor — operators don’t have to leave the production lines to manually drive vehicles down long hallways. Operators use call buttons to request an AGV to pick up engines or transport them to

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