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The FORTNA Distribution Optimization Framework™ leverages proprietary processes, tools and algorithms to design and deliver solutions using best-fit automation technologies and intelligent software.
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Industries: Industrial Distribution

Industrial distribution and fulfillment solutions

Building a modern, automated industrial warehouse is essential to increasing operational efficiency while lowering costs. FORTNA partners with companies to design and deliver solutions to help anticipate ongoing labor challenges, changing customer trends and growing SKUs.

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SKU proliferation requires distribution speed and accuracy

Delivering a wide variety of SKUs when and where customers urgently need them presents a challenge for industrial product companies. It’s important to consider the impacts of increased competition for price-sensitive customers, high return rates, and the need for a green and sustainable supply chain.

Industrial distribution industry challenges

FORTNA understands these challenges and designs solutions that transform operations

Accurate order fulfillment

As your SKUs continue to increase and the demand for your products continues to grow, it has never been more critical for accurate order fulfillment. FORTNA helps improve and transform your fulfillment operations with flexible and efficient solutions, addressing multi-channel order fulfillment profitability.

Fulfillment solutions

Capacity

Consumer expectations for endless selection has driven SKU proliferation, requiring a strategic approach to managing capacity for a varied inventory. FORTNA can help you build a best-fit solution from an automation, software and robotics perspective to address a rapidly changing inventory mix.

High-Density Storage

Labor

An aging workforce and shifting generations are creating labor shortages that drive up costs, limit availability and require additional safety measures. FORTNA’s customized solutions are designed to drive efficiency, ensure compliance and meet the evolving needs of your customers.

Labor and Automation

Case Study

Heavy-duty Growth Demands a Heavy-duty Distribution Operation

A privately-held industrial products manufacturer/distributor with $2 billion+ in annual revenues was experiencing double-digit growth. They supply heavyduty tools and accessories for everyone from professional tradesmen and hobbyists to do-it-yourselfers. They also list several big box retailers such as Home Depot, Grainger, MSC Industrial and Ace Hardware as customers.

To better service these customers and expand operations to enable rapid growth, the company engaged FORTNA to consolidate four existing facilities into a new 600,000+ square foot distribution center.

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Customer Success Case Study

Cintas: Enabling growth through automation

Cintas needed to expand their distribution operations to meet growing demand for their facilities, garment and first aid supplies. FORTNA helped them transform their distribution network including the design-build of three new DCs that automated manual processes and added flexibility to their critical kitting operation. They can now respond more easily to market changes and are positioned to handle future growth.

FORTNA helped us build flexibility into our distribution network, so we can better respond to market changes.

Cintas

Optimize Distribution and Fulfillment with FORTNA

Delivering value, desired business outcomes and profitability. The FORTNA Distribution Optimization Framework™ leverages proprietary processes, tools and algorithms to design and deliver solutions using best-fit automation technologies and intelligent software.

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FORTNA can help transform fulfillment operations to enable flexibility and address digital disruption and growth objects

Data-driven solutions to accelerate performance

Data-driven

Scientifically proven proprietary modeling tools and algorithms allow FORTNA to design for maximum efficiency and outcomes.

Holistic approach

FORTNA designs solutions with a holistic perspective, considering upstream/downstream impacts on the entire operation and network.

Best-fit technology

At FORTNA, we identify and select appropriate and best fit technologies to optimize the solution.

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Warehouse automation solutions

FORTNA is your trusted partner for transforming your distribution operation. We help organizations manage labor costs, optimize inventory management, and leverage a wide range of automation solutions. Using our unique data-driven approach, we can identify the best-fit distribution center solutions to increase productivity, manage SKU proliferation and optimize warehouse processes.

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Intelligent software solutions

Intelligent software is essential to optimizing operations for maximum efficiency, reliability and flexibility. With an equipment and supplier agnostic approach to software, FORTNA designs and implements innovative and high-performance solutions for customers to power their operations with fast and accurate order fulfillment.

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Industrial distribution and fulfillment solutions

SKU proliferation requires distribution speed and accuracy

Industrial distribution industry challenges

Accurate order fulfillment

Capacity

Labor

Heavy-duty Growth Demands a Heavy-duty Distribution Operation

Cintas: Enabling growth through automation

FORTNA helped us build flexibility into our distribution network, so we can better respond to market changes.

Representative Customers

FORTNA can help transform fulfillment operations to enable flexibility and address digital disruption and growth objects

Data-driven solutions to accelerate performance

Data-driven

Holistic approach

Best-fit technology

Warehouse automation solutions

Intelligent software solutions

Insights and resources

Transform Warehouse Operations with Robotic Picking

High-Density Storage Solutions for Brownfield Facilities

5 Steps to Building a Business Case for Automation

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