Automated healthcare fulfillment solutions
Your patients and providers can’t wait. Get your supplies to them as efficiently as possible.
A Safe, Accurate and Flexible Healthcare Warehousing Solution.
In the healthcare industry, you need a fulfillment system that is resilient and flexible enough to respond even in times of crisis. The Skypod® system, designed to provide efficient healthcare fulfillment services, safely stores products — including those that require delicate handling — until they’re needed.
Automated picking improves speed and accuracy, which are vital in healthcare environments. Meanwhile, our comprehensive system maximizes storage density without reducing accessibility. Warehouse robotics lets you quickly locate and prepare any item for shipment.
Increase picking speed and accuracy
There’s no room for error when someone’s life is on the line. The Skypod system improves picking accuracy for healthcare fulfillment systems. This exceeds the capabilities of manual picking and is readily equipped to manage a significant surge in demand.
Instantly react to emerging needs
Healthcare fulfillment requires the most reactive system on the market. No matter how popular the order is or where it’s located in the system, you can access any item in less than two minutes, freeing you from maintaining a large backlog. Don’t waste valuable time digging through stock when someone’s health is on the line.
Safely store products
With the Skypod system, you can continue to ensure the safe storage of medications and other sensitive products. Our system works in temperatures as low as 0°C (32°F) and can handle a range of temperatures within the same warehouse.
Adapt to stock variety and fluctuation
Cost pressures, compliance regulations, and product variety are all on the rise. Your system needs to be able to adapt as necessary. Healthcare industry players need to stock a growing number of SKUs, and the Skypod system allows racks and bins to be added as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the benefits of warehouse automation for the healthcare industry?
In the healthcare industry, the implementation of warehouse automation, particularly through goods-to-person systems, offers significant advantages. This technology optimizes operational efficiency by expediting the most repetitive and labor-intensive tasks in the warehouse, such as order picking and packing. The outcome is a substantial increase in productivity and faster order fulfillment times. This heightened efficiency also plays a crucial role in reducing the likelihood of human errors, ensuring enhanced accuracy in fulfilling vital healthcare goods.
Furthermore, the implementation of automation in healthcare warehouses leads to substantial enhancements in storage density. These automated systems are meticulously engineered to optimize space utilization, achieving strategies such as maximizing vertical space with tall storage racks and minimizing aisle space. Beyond space optimization, they facilitate advanced inventory management through real-time visibility, allowing precise tracking of the movement of healthcare items within the facility.
Ultimately, the integration of warehouse automation enables healthcare businesses to adapt to evolving market demands, enhance customer satisfaction, and maintain competitiveness in the dynamic healthcare landscape.
Can the Skypod system be easily scaled up or expanded in healthcare fulfillment centers?
Yes, The Skypod system is designed for seamless scalability, a crucial element in the fast-paced and ever-evolving healthcare industry. Utilizing a modular design, the system seamlessly integrates and expands by decoupling throughput from storage. This innovative approach enables the expansion of storage capacity without the need to simultaneously increase throughput capabilities, resulting in a more cost-effective and tailored approach to capital expenditure savings.
The system’s adaptability extends to facilitating diverse fulfillment needs within the healthcare sector. Whether integrating new medical supply channels, adjusting inventory identifiers, or transitioning from one healthcare service model to another, our system adeptly addresses current requirements and swiftly adapts as your healthcare fulfillment services evolve. Its seamless scalability is purpose-built to align with the expanding needs of healthcare businesses.
How does Exotec’s Skypod system enhance efficiency in healthcare warehouses?
The Skypod system enhances healthcare fulfillment services by deploying cutting-edge autonomous mobile robots. These robots navigate seamlessly in three dimensions between storage racks and picking stations, introducing a groundbreaking goods-to-person approach. This approach eliminates the need for cumbersome, static machinery or digging for bins to retrieve goods, ultimately optimizing the entire storage and retrieval process.
The outcome is a substantial and transformative enhancement in your warehouse’s operational efficiency. The system showcases a remarkable capability to reduce order processing time by up to 5X when compared to manual methods. This advancement not only accelerates the pace of healthcare operations but also ensures a more streamlined and effective access to crucial medical supplies, making a significant impact on the overall efficiency of your logistics.
What customer support does Exotec offer its customers?
Demonstrating our unwavering commitment to reliability, we take pride in being dependable partners with steadfast customer support. Our dedicated teams, committed to excellence, ensure comprehensive maintenance, consistent software updates, and operational guidance for our customers. The contractual guarantee of our system’s performance for 10 years is reinforced through the implementation of robust and modular system designs, coupled with routine maintenance. Continuous 24/7/365 monitoring from our global control centers adds an extra layer of assurance for the healthcare businesses we serve.
Featured prominently in our Partners You Can Trust article, Exotec’s proven track record underscores our commitment to being a trusted healthcare fulfillment services partner.
How does Exotec set itself apart from other healthcare fulfillment services providers regarding technology and innovation?
Exotec stands at the forefront of technological innovation with over 100 international patents and a robust dedication to research and development. Significantly, 70% of our innovative initiatives concentrate on refining our system software, with insights gained directly from our healthcare partners. This collaborative approach ensures ongoing enhancements to our systems, precisely aligning with the dynamic demands of the healthcare industry.
Our pride in technological innovation is underscored by our recent inclusion in esteemed lists such as the CNBC Disruptor 50 for both 2022 and 2023, these acknowledgments solidify our commitment to pushing boundaries and pioneering transformative solutions.
Let’s Transform Your Warehouse
Reach out to one of our team members to learn how our elegant robotics solutions maximize efficiency and provide the scalability needed in the healthcare industry.