Kardex launches new PortScale precision weighing solution for AutoStore in Singapore

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Kardex’s commitment to innovations for the AutoStore™ automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) has seen the company unveil its new PortScale precision weighing solution in Southeast Asia as part of a new SmartWorkStation. 

Singapore – Kardex, the most innovative AutoStore partner, has unveiled its new SmartWorkStation, combining its Intuitive Picking Assistant (IPA) with the new PortScale precision weighing solution. Designed to help businesses improve picking accuracy, reduce errors and increase operational efficiency, the SmartWorkStation demonstrates Kardex’s commitment to enhancing the performance, scalability and reliability of warehouse operations for customers across Southeast Asia. 

Launching its latest proprietary innovation for the ultra-high-density ASRS, Kardex has also marked five years as a global AutoStore integrator. PortScale enhances the AutoStore ecosystem by bringing high precision, real-time weight-based process automation to AutoStore ports. Kardex’s five-year partnership with AutoStore has seen the company develop a range of tailored solutions that help customers improve throughput, accuracy and operational performance; from intelligent software and automated cleaning, to AI-powered bin induction and a guided picking system. 

PortScale instantly detects picking errors and accelerates throughput 

Amid growing pressure on businesses in Singapore to meet rising customer expectations, address labour shortages and increase order volumes, it’s more important than ever to optimise warehouse operations. Ideally suited to high-throughput warehouses, PortScale integrates precise weight measurement directly into the AutoStore port, instantly detecting picking errors. By automating essential verification processes, it helps businesses increase confidence in every order, while reducing manual intervention. PortScale is designed specifically for AutoStore ports and employs multiple weight sensors integrated into the port shelf to enable real-time bin weighing and automated item-count verification with the Kardex ScaleManager. 

Picking errors can significantly affect operational performance and brand reputation. Kardex’s PortScale integration workstation combines technologies including the Kardex Intuitive Picking Assistant (IPA), barcode scanning, computer vision, data capture for track & trace, and weight-based verification to deliver accurate and efficient replenishment and picking. Continuously measuring bin weight ensures picking errors are detected instantly to maintain accurate inventory data, cut shrinkage rates and reduce the need for manual counting, allowing warehouse teams to focus on higher-value tasks, while maintaining consistently high fulfilment quality. 

Kardex: 5 years, continuous innovation, 150+ global AutoStore deployments 

Kardex has achieved five years of innovation with AutoStore, during which time it has carried out more than 150 deployments of the ultra-high-density ASRS around the world, expanded its operation from one employee in 2021 to 250 employees today, and regularly introduced new proprietary innovations to enhance the AutoStore ecosystem. Each innovation has been developed in response to real operational challenges faced by customers, helping businesses improve productivity, accuracy and long-term operational resilience. Designed to help customers improve productivity, accuracy and operational efficiency, Kardex’s AutoStore innovations range from intelligent software, such as its FulfillX warehouse execution system (WES), and automated cleaning to increase uptime, to AI-powered bin induction with BinInductAI and the IPA guided picking system to improve order fulfilment and inventory accuracy. 

Kardex is committed to working closely and collaborating with customers at every stage of their AutoStore journey by combining global expertise with local engineering and service teams. The company helps customers maximise the value of their investment at every stage and has created the affordable, hassle-free AutoStore StarterGrid solution, available exclusively from Kardex and offering lower cost, fast implementation of AutoStore without customisation in the Asia Pacific region. 

Freddy Zhong, Kardex Regional Director Business Development AutoStore, Asia Pacific, explains, “At Kardex we work closely with AutoStore and our customers to develop solutions to real-world challenges and extend the capabilities of AutoStore. Innovation only matters if it creates measurable value for our customers, which is why every new technology we develop is designed to solve practical operational challenges. 

“Within five years we have grown rapidly and become the most innovative AutoStore integrator, demonstrating the success of our creative, customer-centric approach and proprietary solutions. No two projects are the same and we work closely with companies from a wide array of different industries throughout their AutoStore journey to increase storage density, improve picking productivity and accuracy, and create more resilient fulfilment operations.”

To find out more about Kardex’s AutoStore innovations or the AutoStore StarterGrid, please get in touch.

About Kardex

Kardex is a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions in an attractive and growing market. The Group offers premium automated products, standardized systems, and life cycle services that guarantee high availability and low total cost of ownership. Kardex provides an intelligent entry into automation with its dynamic storage and retrieval systems, offers integrated material handling systems, small parts storage systems including multi-shuttle technology, and automated high-bay warehouses. Additionally, Kardex acts as a global AutoStore™ partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfilment solutions. The Group employs around 2’900 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989. News & Image Source