The Challenges Many production operations experience inefficient movement of materials; for example, slow response to requests for material movement, product damaged during movement, and inventory inaccuracies are too common. Furthermore, manually-operated fork trucks may cause safety issues and require staffing over multiple shifts. Our Solution The Intra Plant Delivery solution consists of process improvements, software and an automated guided vehicle (AGV) system. It creates operational efficiencies for intra- plant delivery of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. The Warehouse Execution System (WES) software manages and directs the material flow processes. In the receiving department, manually-operated hi-lo drivers unload pallets from truck trailers

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