AutoStore Warehouse Automation
StrongPoint AutoStore Warehouse Automation delivers smart, space-saving automation solutions that improve warehouse efficiency, increase fulfilment speed, and help retailers build scalable, future-ready operations.
Compact storage. Seamless automation. Powerful performance.
What is AutoStore Warehouse Automation?
As a trusted AutoStore partner, StrongPoint provides the fastest goods-to-person warehouse automation solution on the market. With 40 years of expertise in the retail sector, particularly in grocery retail, and a top-tier automation team, we craft tailored automation solutions for retailers and warehouse operators. By integrating automation with StrongPoint’s industry-leading manual order picking and last-mile solutions, we enable highly efficient warehousing and e-commerce operations.
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Current Challenges without this Service
Without an advanced warehouse automation solution, retailers can struggle to meet increasing fulfilment demands while maintaining efficiency, accuracy, and cost control. Traditional warehouse operations can limit scalability, create operational pressures, and make it harder to deliver the speed and reliability customers expect.
Limited storage capacity and inefficient space usage
Traditional warehouse layouts can require excessive floor space and make it difficult to maximise storage potential, leading to higher facility costs and challenges supporting business growth.
Slow and labour-intensive fulfilment processes
Manual picking and handling methods can reduce productivity, increase operational workload, and make it difficult to keep pace with growing order volumes and faster delivery expectations.
Higher risk of errors and reduced accuracy
Without automated processes, warehouses are more vulnerable to picking mistakes, inventory inaccuracies, and fulfilment issues that can impact customer satisfaction.
Difficulty scaling for future demand
As retail operations expand, manual systems may struggle to adapt quickly, creating limitations around capacity, efficiency, and the ability to respond to changing market demands.
Solutions of a AutoStore Warehouse Automation
StrongPoint AutoStore Warehouse Automation helps retailers transform fulfilment operations through intelligent automation, maximising efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. By combining advanced robotics, smart storage, and seamless integration, businesses can optimise warehouse performance and meet growing customer demands.
A frozen zone with micro-fulfillment
StrongPoint has implemented the world’s first AutoStore solution featuring an automated frozen zone. This groundbreaking solution offers significant savings in energy and space, picks items at remarkable speeds, and greatly improves the working environment for staff.
Save Space
The AutoStore solution boasts the highest storage density of any automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), allowing you to store up to 4x more items in the same space compared to a traditional warehouse.
Background in grocery industry
With StrongPoint’s extensive experience in grocery retail, we are well-equipped to handle complex demands, manage items across various temperature zones, and ensure seamless integration with last-mile solutions.
Hyper-efficiency
AutoStore’s automated picking is the fastest goods-to-person automation solution per square foot, allowing you to store and fulfill more orders in less time!
How does AutoStore Warehouse Operation Work?
Step 1: Store- Intelligent Space Optimisation
Products are stored in a compact, high-density grid system using dedicated storage bins. The AutoStore solution maximises available warehouse space by organising inventory efficiently and reducing the need for traditional shelving.
Step 2: Retrieve- Automated Robotic Picking
When an order is placed, intelligent robots automatically navigate the grid, locate the correct products, and retrieve the required bins. The system continuously optimises movement to ensure fast, accurate, and efficient fulfilment.
Step 3: Deliver- Fast and Accurate Order Completion
Retrieved products are delivered directly to ergonomic workstations where teams can pick, pack, and process orders quickly. This creates faster fulfilment, improved accuracy, and a scalable operation ready for future demand.
The Premier AutoStore Partner for Grocery Retail
StrongPoint is the only AutoStore partner with a dedicated focus on grocery, uniquely equipped to help grocery retailers and wholesalers reach their full potential. With extensive expertise in optimising warehouse layouts, handling various temperature zones, seamlessly integrating last-mile solutions, and combining automation with manual picking for specific items, StrongPoint drives speed and efficiency throughout the entire process.
Seamless Last Mile Integration
StrongPoint provides the most complete last-mile solution portfolio, covering every type of click & collect and home delivery. Whether you’re delivering products directly from the warehouse to customers or through a store, we seamlessly integrate the most efficient solutions on the market.
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Keep energy costs low
AutoStore robots consume minimal energy. In fact, 10 robots use the same amount of power as just one vacuum cleaner (100W). Smart innovations, like energy-efficient lighting and heating, help reduce unnecessary energy consumption. By implementing a multi-temperature solution with a frozen zone, you can save around 30% on energy costs compared to using a separate freezer.
Consultancy for Designing Your Complete Storage Plan and Operation
Leverage our expertise. We can assist in designing the layout of your storage facility and optimising the placement and execution of each process to ensure maximum efficiency. What sets us apart is our ability to consider the entire workflow, from start to finish.
Seamless system integration
The AutoStore warehouse automation solution integrates effortlessly with hundreds of warehouse management systems (WMS) globally, using ready-made APIs. StrongPoint also offers its own WMS, designed to deliver maximum efficiency and inventory control, with specialized features for automating the handling of frozen goods.
Hear from our Warehouse Automation customers
Automating makes us able to grow our revenue by 3 times, and at the same time we make the work environment better for the employees. Our collaboration with StrongPoint has been excellent. Thorstein Kirkeleit, Business Development Manager at Haugaland Storhusholdning
“We know that the grocery industry, one of StrongPoint’s key markets, is very demanding. So we knew that with StrongPoint, we would get a team working to the highest of standards and who is obsessed with efficiency.” Ole Bakurowitz, Product Manager at ColliCare
StrongPoint Unveils the World’s First AutoStore™ Multi-Temperature Solution™ with a Frozen Zone!
StrongPoint was selected to design and implement the world’s first AutoStore solution specifically developed for groceries, featuring three temperature zones: ambient, chilled, and frozen. This innovative solution is now fully operational at Haugaland Storhusholdning in Norway and StrongPoint was awarded both the best sustainable retail innovation award together with our partner MTG Technologies, and the award as the the overall winner at RTIH Innovation Awards in London. This technological breakthrough offers numerous benefits, including enhanced efficiency, lower energy consumption, and an improved working environment.
Boosting efficiency
Picking efficiency can be further increased by adding more items to the AutoStore grid.
Safer and easier for employees
Employees are no longer required to wear a lot of protective gear when they are in chilly rooms.
Significant energy savings
Energy use will drop by about 30–40% if frozen goods are added to the AutoStore grid instead of being picked by hand.
Two efficiency-obsessed Norwegian companies
Both StrongPoint and AutoStore are based in Norway and put up a lot of effort to help our customers become more efficient.
StrongPoint’s Order Fulfillment Platform – Custom Software for Retail Automation
StrongPoint’s Warehouse Automation solutions are powered by the StrongPoint Order Fulfillment Platform, an all-encompassing software built on ModernLogic. Scalable and versatile, this platform serves as a WCS, WES, and WMS, providing a robust suite of features tailored to meet the specific needs of e-commerce and retail automation. By utilizing these capabilities, retailers can optimize their operations, secure data, enhance efficiency, and remain competitive in the rapidly evolving retail industry.
Complete Warehouse Control Platform
Combines WCS, WES, and WMS functionality into one intelligent platform, managing AutoStore, picking processes, and wider warehouse automation from a single solution.
Seamless Integration & Connectivity
API-driven architecture enables smooth integration with existing systems, supporting multi-temperature AutoStore, in-store fulfilment, back-of-store picking, and other automation technologies.
Real-Time Insights & Operational Efficiency
Cloud-based tools, virtual commissioning, and simple dashboards provide visibility of workflows, performance, and key KPIs to optimise warehouse operations.
User-Friendly & Future-Ready Support
Intuitive web-based interfaces, proven industry workflows, and lifetime 24/7 support ensure reliable performance, scalability, and continuous operational improvement.
The Components that make it happen
These components are crucial in building a highly productive and efficient warehouse automation solution with AutoStore and StrongPoint. Let’s take a closer look at the key elements.
The Grid
Aluminium Grid Infrastructure
The aluminium grid forms the foundation of the system, providing the tracks and storage structure that enable robots to navigate and access inventory efficiently. Fully scalable, the grid can be expanded in virtually any direction to maximise warehouse capacity.
The Bins
Smart Storage Bins
Products are stored in durable, long-lasting bins designed for automated handling. Each bin is uniquely tracked for accurate inventory management and can be divided into compartments to store multiple products, with various sizes and configurations available to suit different storage needs.
The Robots
Autonomous Robotic Workforce
Intelligent robots operate 24/7, retrieving products with speed and precision across the grid. Featuring automatic charging, continuous self-diagnostics, and built-in redundancy, the system ensures maximum uptime, reliability, and uninterrupted warehouse operations.
The manual picking
Optimised Manual Picking
Not all products are suited to automation. For bulky items, fresh produce, and other manually picked goods, StrongPoint’s Order Picking solution streamlines the process, improving efficiency and ensuring a seamless fulfilment operation.
The workstations
Ergonomic Workstations
Products are delivered directly to operators through intelligent workstations designed for speed, safety, and ease of use. Advanced sensors, smart protection features, and proven automation ensure efficient, ergonomic, and reliable order handling.
The Controller
Intelligent Control System
The controller acts as the brain of the Micro Fulfillment Centre, coordinating robots, inventory, and workflows in real time. By managing traffic, scheduling tasks, and optimising robot movements, it ensures maximum efficiency and system performance.
Integration with last mile and manual item picking
StrongPoint’s automation solutions enhance the overall efficiency of e-grocery operations and can also be customised for non-food e-commerce, offering seamless integration for a complete solution.
Some grocery SKUs, such as fast-moving or bulky items, may not be ideal for automation and are often better picked manually.
However, speed remains critical to ensure quick order fulfillment. Perishable goods, in particular, require efficient last-mile integration for both home delivery and click & collect. Consumers are also demanding faster delivery for various e-commerce products, including home goods, clothing, and books, and we’ve got you covered.
With StrongPoint, you gain access to the most efficient manual picking solutions, seamlessly integrated with multiple last-mile options, from grocery lockers to quick-commerce pickups and home delivery. We support a wide range of products and fulfillment needs.
StrongPoint is your all-in-one solution for e-grocery, offering everything from manual processes to automation and last-mile delivery.
Integrations, support and analytics
You may now be curious about how this solution relates to your current IT infrastructure and solutions. The systems must communicate with one another, after all. Thankfully, we’ve made it as simple as we can.
Standard APIs for integration
The solution software can easily integrate with your existing e-commerce, ERP, or similar systems through pre-built APIs provided by StrongPoint. We’re here to offer any additional support you need to ensure a smooth and seamless operation.
Customer support
In the IT department, you want to avoid wasting time troubleshooting issues when they arise. With StrongPoint, you’ll have access to 24/7 customer support, helping you save time and avoid unnecessary headaches.
Dashboard and analytics
Once the solution is up and running, you’ll want to monitor its performance. StrongPoint’s software operates on a cloud-based platform, and the back-office is easily accessed via a web interface. This allows you to track key metrics such as efficiency, order volumes, and more.
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