Warehouse management systems (WMS) and warehouse robotics

How an order is picked

The warehouse software decides what to fetch; robots and workers fetch it.

Box 1 knows where every item is and turns each order into tasks. Box 2's robots carry the shelves, pallets or parcels those tasks call for. Tap a title in the diagram to jump to its companies.

Warehouse management software 9 companies

Warehouse software knows where every item is, turns orders into picking tasks, and records every move.

InfiosInfios, with engineers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, sells warehouse and order management.BengaluruHiring now

UnicommerceUnicommerce, with engineers in Delhi, sells order and warehouse management to online sellers in India.Delhi NCRHiring now

PivotreePivotree runs a warehouse system for its customers as a subscription.MumbaiHired recently

Manhattan AssociatesManhattan Associates, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells the warehouse, transport and order systems of many of the world's largest retailers.

AnchantoAnchanto, with engineers in Pune, sells order and warehouse management to online sellers in South-East Asia.

Tecsys Inc.Tecsys sells the warehouse and pharmacy stock systems of hospital groups.

RFgen SoftwareRFgen, with engineers in Hyderabad, sells the mobile apps with which warehouse staff scan and move stock.

Cargoz.comCargoz.com, with engineers in Bengaluru, runs a marketplace for warehouse space.

noonnoon runs its own warehouses for its marketplace.Delhi NCRHired recentlySee alsoOnline marketplaces

The tech, explainedWarehouse management system (WMS)Order management system (OMS)On-demand warehousing

Warehouse robots 11 companies

Robots bring shelves to workers, move goods around the floor on their own, help arms see what they pick, and sort parcels into lanes.

GreyOrangeGreyOrange, founded in Gurugram, makes robots that bring shelves to workers, and the software that runs them.Delhi NCR · BengaluruHired recently

BotsyncBotsync makes robots that move goods and pallets around warehouses by themselves.Bengaluru

ANSCER RoboticsANSCER Robotics makes robots that move goods and pallets around factories and warehouses by themselves.Bengaluru

Rapyuta RoboticsRapyuta, with engineers in Chennai, makes robots for automated storage and robots that help people pick, run on its cloud platform.

Bastian SolutionsBastian Solutions, with engineers in Bengaluru, designs and installs conveyors, storage machines and robots.

KION IndiaKION India, with engineers in Pune, is the Indian arm of KION, the forklift and warehouse-automation group.

Accio RoboticsAccio Robotics makes robots that bring goods to the worker.

Cartesian KineticsCartesian Kinetics makes robots that bring goods to the worker.

Ati MotorsAti Motors makes robots that move goods and pallets around factories and warehouses by themselves.

MowitoMowito makes vision software for robot arms, so the arm can see what it is picking up.

Wayzim TechnologyWayzim makes sorting systems that send each parcel to the right lane, and automated storage.

The tech, explainedAutomated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS)Goods-to-person robots Autonomous mobile robots (AMR)Robotic picking

How it all worksLogistics and supply chainFrom a Bhiwandi warehouse to your door, every hand-off tracked.

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What's changing

The warehouse picks itself.

Robots have taken over carrying shelves and moving pallets. The last step, picking any single item with a robot arm, is now becoming reliable enough for some warehouses.