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The Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System (Kiva MFS) uses a breakthrough parallel processing approach to order fulfillment. Our unique material handling system simultaneously improves productivity, speed, accuracy, and flexibility. Kiva’s complete warehouse automation fulfillment solution is sometimes compared to an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), but it’s so much more – more flexible, more accurate, more productive, much easier to use and more cost effective. Kiva is an order picking system like no other.
Every distribution center (DC) strives to attain flexible, efficient order fulfillment but struggles with the limitations of current tools. Traditional automation and sortation systems such as conveyors, tilt tray sorters, sliding shoe sorters, horizontal and vertical carousels and other automated material handling systems simply tinker with Henry Ford's serial assembly line concept. Kiva Systems has created an innovative order fulfillment system that eliminates the constraints of existing warehouse automation and puts you back in control.
In Distribution centers, warehouses and manufacturing plants equipped with the Kiva MFS, operators stand still while the products come to them. Pallets, cases, and orders are stored on inventory pods that are picked up and moved by a fleet of mobile robotic drive units. As a result, any product can go to any operator at any time to fill any order.
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Mick Mountz, chief executive officer of Kiva Systems was featured on Bloomberg TV's Venture: The World of Entrepreneurship a weekly program focusing on small business
Kiva was recently featured on The Works, Robot episode
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Mobile robotics is powering Office Depot’s new demand-driven distribution center.
Modern Material Handling
August 2010
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Kiva Systems' robots, software fulfilling orders
Mass High Tech
September 1, 2010
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The robots are coming
Modern Material Handling
August 2010
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Office Depot Offically Opens Company's New State-Of-the-Art Combination Warehouse
July 29, 2010
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The Founders Behind Diapers.com Launch Soap.com: “All The Robots Are In Place”
TechCrunch
June 3, 2010
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Soon, That Nearby Worker Might Be a Robot
Business Week
June 1, 2010
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Luxury Brand Milly Implements Robotic Order Fulfillment
Multichannel Merchant
May 21, 2010
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Kiva Systems robots now pick up trash
DC Velocity
May 5, 2010
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Diapers.com Rocks Online Retailing
Forbes.com
April 26, 2010
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Kiva Systems ranks #6 on 2009’s Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies in America.
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