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  • Kiva Systems Expands Management Team to Support Rapid Growth
    Industry Veterans Will Further Drive Sales, Marketing and Product Development for Game-Changing Material Handling System
    Woburn, MA – September 23, 2008–Kiva Systems, a developer of breakthrough picking, sortation and shipping systems for distribution center automation, today announced that three industry veterans have joined its management team to fill newly created positions, further expanding sales, marketing and product development. Chris Reisig, vice president of sales, joins Kiva to grow worldwide sales and business development, Mitch Rosenberg, vice president of marketing, will drive marketing, lead-generation and product management, while Benge Ambrogi, vice president of product development, will lead the hardware and software engineering teams.
  • Diapers.com Converts Entire Fulfillment Network to Kiva Platform
    Leading Internet retailer cites growth in order volume and merchandise selection as key business drivers
    Woburn, MA – September 16, 2008–Kiva Systems, a developer of breakthrough mobile solutions for the distribution and order fulfillment industry, today announced that fast growing online retailer Diapers.com will install a Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System (MFS) at all three of the company’s distribution centers (DC). Diapers.com will deploy Kiva’s CaseFetch automated pallet fulfillment solution to facilitate high-speed order picking from mobile pallets and case shelving. The Kiva system will store, move and sort a variety of baby products, including diapers, wipes, formula, bottles and clothes.
  • Warehouse robots increase productivity
    Marketplace on NPR, from American Public Media
    September 11, 2008
    The little wheeled bots bring products to shipping clerks, who say they like the assistance. Online retailer Zappos.com is one of several companies using them to get orders out faster.
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  • In technology, the future is flexible
    Modern Materials Handling
    September 1, 2008
    Technology that can change functions quickly, easily and inexpensively as circumstances change looks like the future of materials handling.
  • Getting Lean with Armless Robots
    Industry Week
    September 1, 2008
    In warehousing, armless mobile robots combine productivity gains with implementation savings through the elimination of waste.
  • a DC gets its own fast fulfillment
    DC Velocity - special report
    September 2008
    With sales surging, online retailer Zappos.com needed an order picking technology that could be up and running quickly. The answer? A system that uses robots to bring goods to order pickers.

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  • Latest generation of robotic solutions is making DCs more efficient
    NRF STORES.org
    June 2008
    With the cost of technology decreasing and the need for operating efficiencies increasing, robotic solutions are becoming attractive options for retailers. From warehousing to order-picking and distribution, robots can eliminate the need for some labor, maximize distribution efficiencies and even create a more enjoyable warehouse work environment
  • Mobile fulfillment system breaks through traditional DC design tradeoffs
    Distribution Center Management Newsletter
    May 2008
    When designing a material handling system, DC managers are often told they can't have their cake and eat it too. In traditional design, managers must frequently make trade-off decisions between speed and efficiency, speed and accuracy, speed and flexibility, and many others.
    Online retailer Zappos.com wasn't willing to make any of those tradeoffs. Zappos ships its products directly to the consumer, which means its distribution center in Shapherdsville, KY is essentially its store
  • Fulfillment: The Unexpected Key to Successful E-Commerce
    E-Commerce Times
    February 11, 2008
    Fulfillment operations should not only be fast and efficient in the DC -- they should increase speed and efficiency of the downstream distribution process. For example, e-commerce fulfillment operations should be able to palletize orders with delivery truck routes in mind, and orders should "picked to plan-o-gram" of destination stores -- without additional capital expense, labor content or cycle time.

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CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference 2008
Denver, CO USA
October 5 - 8, 2008
At the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional’s Annual Global Conference there are 200 plus educational sessions, general sessions, and executive panel discussions.
Kiva Systems CEO and Founder, Mick Mountz will be speaking at the Trends Emerging in Technology Track on October 6th with Zappos.com's VP of Fulfillment Operations, Craig Adkins in the session "Time is Money: Ultra Fast DC Deployments".
Kiva is also featured as part of the Staples Facility Tours hosted by David Carr.


6th Annual Supply Chain and Logistics Summit North America
St. Augustine, FL USA
November 17 - 19, 2008
The 6th Annual Supply Chain & Logistics Summit is a senior-level forum providing supply chain executives with the tools to reduce costs, drive efficiencies and compete effectively in the new global economy. Cross-industry case studies, workshops, networking and panels target your toughest supply chain challenges.


ProMat 2009
Chicago, IL USA
January 12 - 15, 2009
Booth #631
Kiva Systems will be demonstrating our Game-Changing Order Fulfillment System with a quick pick challenge, this years game will incorporate the larger CaseFetch solution in addition to ItemFetch and OrderFetch.
Kiva Systems CEO and Founder, Mick Mountz will be presenting the seminar "Deliver Game-Changing Order Fulfillment: How to Break Through Traditional DC Design Tradeoffs" on Monday January 12, 2009 at 11:15am in Theater F.