Northern Tool cuts warehouse labour costs with AutoStore
Northern Tool introduced AutoStore automation to support retail, e-commerce and store-replenishment orders from one facility.
Evidence notes
- Consolidating picks into the automated grid reduced labour costs by nearly 50 percent.
- The redesign also reclaimed about 50,000 square feet for other warehouse activity.
Company context
Develops cube-based automated storage and retrieval systems for warehouse and fulfillment operations, combining grid robots, ports, software, and orchestration tools for goods-to-person automation.