Material handling systems

Automate movement, picking, storage, and preparation of goods. Increase throughput and scalability with a unified material flow system for any warehouse size.

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Streamline your entire material flow with supply chain automation

Achieve faster, smoother, and more predictable operations. We automate tasks that limit throughput, connecting receiving, picking, and shipping into one continuous flow.

System advantages

Benefits

Higher throughput 

Automated, coordinated material flow across all warehouse zones increases daily throughput and operational speed by 20–50%.

Reduced labor dependency

Eliminate labor-intensive, repetitive manual tasks in picking, transport, and pallet handling to stabilize operations and reduce reliance on manual work.

Flexibility and scalability

Adapt to shifting order volumes and SKUs with modular equipment and intelligent controls that grow with your business.

End-to-end solution

An integrated ecosystem

Inbound and receiving

Streamline intake from production lines or external suppliers to ensure immediate readiness for storage or cross-docking.

Intelligent storage

Buffer goods in miniloads or ASRS systems that act as dynamic engines, efficiently feeding items seamlessly into your picking workflows.

Automated picking

Retrieve items for high-speed case, piece, or layer picking using robotics and software-driven logic to build orders accurately.

Internal transport

Link every process zone with conveyor systems or automated guided vehicles, and move goods continuously, without manual intervention.

Palletizing and order fulfillment 

Let our goods-to-person and Layer Picker Solutions build stable customer-ready loads for final distribution. 

Sortation and dispatch

Route finished pallets or parcels through high-speed crossbelt sorters for accurate, validated dispatch to the shipping dock.

System

Our solutions

We can help you build a system from industry-leading solutions, ranging from autonomous robots to advanced sortation systems. 

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Guided vehicles & mobile robots

Transform your internal logistics with Körber's AGVs, AMRs, and RGVs. Ensure efficient, flexible, and future-ready operations.

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Picking technologies

We simplify complex order picking across all channels with smart, automated solutions that cut costs and increase speed.

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Conveyor solutions

Fast, accurate conveyors for any load size, designed to move goods efficiently between operational areas.

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Palletizing & depalletizing systems

End-to-end palletizing & depalletizing systems that lower costs, accelerate delivery, and improve reliability.

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Advanced Robotics & AI

Cutting-edge robotics and AI solutions—boosting efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility in warehouse automation.

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Sorters

Reduce sorting costs with innovative Crossbelt Sorters that eliminate manual work and boost warehouse efficiency.

Integration

Tailored solutions for complex environments 

We integrate almost any material handling solution, allowing for complete tailoring to your specific needs. We provide deep integration expertise to ensure that your system is fully integrated and works as a single flow.

With strong experience in retail, food and beverage, FMCG, and cold chain, our modular approach lets you start small and expand over time. This delivers practical automation that meets you where you are, and scales as your business grows.

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See our supply chain ecosystem in action. Discover how automation, software, robotics, and intelligent logistics solutions come together to ensure future-ready operations.

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Speak to our specialists about our range of flexible, scalable, end-to-end solutions—tailored to you.