Pre-Engineered Solutions
OptiCrib™ competes favorably with many existing inventory management technologies. We believe our system’s ease of use and operation are generational improvements over such rival point solutions as industrial use vending machines, barcode scanning systems, VMI bin replenishment systems, storeroom management software packages, and even RFID storeroom management systems. Our metrics for success are reduced labor expense and increased inventory accuracy. We use inventory management dollars per stock keeping unit ($/SKU) as our key performance indicator.
Product List
The OptiCrib™ Cube: The Cube is the smallest pre-engineered solution we offer, and it is designed to replace inventory management applications that would typically be handled by a mix of five or six different styles of industrial vending machines. While the Cube represents a capital investment in line with the vending machines it would replace, the simplicity of operating a Cube allows suppliers and users to enjoy a vastly reduced operating expense.
The really big difference between the Cube and vending machines is that the Cube does not require special repackaging procedures (vending systems do), and the Cube holds on average ten times the inventory per SKU that a vending system will. That means lower operating expense through (a) simpler replenishment and (b) fewer replenishments.
Specifying Criteria:
- Size of enclosure: 10 feet wide, 10 feet long, and 10 feet high.
- Camera count: Eight computer vision cameras.
- Expected SKU management capacity: 500-to-640 SKUs (shelf goods).
- Standard shelving arrangement: Our standard Cube arrangement includes eight (8) ruggedized steel shelving units (84 inches high x 36 inches wide), which will hold from fifty-six (56) to eighty (80) 18-inch-deep weight sensor outfitted shelves.
The OptiCrib™ Annex: The Annex is a step up in capacity from the Cube and is intended to house high velocity products that are typically managed within a larger warehouse or storeroom environment. The idea is to simplify the delivery of those products that are needed during every shift without requiring an attendant to manage the process. Effectively, the Annex is the entry level product for a self-serve storeroom solution.
Specifying Criteria:
- Size of enclosure: 16 feet wide, 16 feet long, and 10 feet high.
- Camera count: Twelve computer vision cameras.
- Expected SKU management capacity: 1,000-1,360 SKUs (shelf goods).
- Standard shelving arrangement: Our standard Annex arrangement includes seventeen (17) ruggedized steel shelving units (84 inches high x 36 inches wide), which will hold from one hundred-nineteen (119) to one hundred-seventy (170) 18-inch-deep weight sensor outfitted shelves.
The OptiCrib™ Job Trailer: The Job Trailer is a fully accountable and autonomous supply room designed for outdoor use on construction sites or large capital projects. It is mobile and completely self-sufficient, needing only a temporary power connection to operate in all types of hostile climates. The Job Trailer is designed to be a modular component, and so if the client needs a larger mobile storeroom, the units join seamlessly in either “T” or end-to-end configurations (this actually increases the SKU capacity per trailer).
Because the Job Trailer is a self-sufficient package intended for outdoor supply management applications, we also expect permanent facilities to use our Job Trailer to expand the capacity of existing storerooms and warehouses outside the walls of the client’s facility.
Specifying Criteria:
- Size of enclosure (inside): 8.5 feet wide, 20.5 feet long, and 9.5 feet high.
- Camera count: Eight computer vision cameras.
- Expected SKU management capacity: 700-880 SKUs (shelf goods).
- Standard shelving arrangement: Our standard Job Trailer arrangement includes eleven (11) ruggedized steel shelving units (84 inches high x 36 inches wide), which will hold from seventy-seven (77) to one hundred-ten (110) 18-inch-deep weight sensor outfitted shelves.
The OptiCrib™ General Store: The General Store was designed to be large enough to operate as a full-sized storeroom for smaller facilities. The modular concept of the General Store allows us to use the standard unit as a building block to accommodate larger storeroom areas in 20-foot by 30-foot increments. As an example, four units would easily convert a 2,400 square foot warehouse into an automated shopping environment.
Specifying Criteria:
- Size of enclosure: 20 feet wide, 30 feet long, and 10 feet high.
- Camera count: twenty-four computer vision cameras.
- Expected SKU management capacity: 2,500-to-3,680 SKUs (shelf goods).
- Standard shelving arrangement: Our standard General Store arrangement includes forty-six (46) ruggedized steel shelving units (84 inches high x 36 inches wide), which will hold from three hundred-twenty-two (322) to four hundred sixty (460) 18-inch-deep weight sensor outfitted shelves.
ANY STOREROOM. ANY FORMAT. ANY SIZE.
We also have the ability to retrofit an existing space or integrate our system into new builds.
Custom Warehouse Applications: When the customer application is outside the scope of our pre-engineered product line, OptiCrib™ can and will provide custom automated warehouse design solutions. As an example, if the square area or general layout of the installation space is irregular in various ways, the camera counts and locations must be optimized to space, requiring additional engineering. For these opportunities, a consultative process is used to specify the optimal application of our technology. In general, the design and installation processes are several weeks longer than for the delivery of our pre-engineered solutions, but the outcomes can be quite powerful.
