Why Automate?
Why automate? At a glance, Vertical Lifts and Vertical Carousels seem like the same piece of equipment, (A big metal box), but they have significant differences. The first is product rotation. Carousels rotate all shelves in a unit, essentially rotating the entire carousel in order to deliver inventory to pickers. Vertical Lifts deliver only the required item, leaving the rest in storage. Secondly, Vertical Lifts are modular and can be expanded vertically, adding height and more capacity to the unit when needed (or removing it if that was the need). Carousels are fixed height and can’t be modified to add or remove levels without sending them back to the manufacturer which involves considerable cost.
