"We have also continued to consistently align our products and solutions with the requirements of our customers and have thus developed what is probably the best stand-alone standard software for use in intralogistics with the viadat value chain software, for example." Dr. Harald Göbel, COO of Viastore Software GmbH, adds: "This is characterized by the continuous control and monitoring of all material flows between incoming goods, production, warehouse and outgoing goods and the ease of handling both manual and automated work steps." With innovations such as viadat VISION for the visualization and condition monitoring of intralogistics systems, the Stuttgart-based intralogistics specialists are consistently expanding their digital offering.

"With our storage and retrieval machines, we continue to provide outstanding quality and top value for money for high-performance material flow and the storage of pallets, containers, trays and cartons," says Thomas Hibinger, COO of Viastore Systems GmbH. He reports on innovations to increase the performance of storage and retrieval machines, for multi-deep storage and in-house transportation, for example for production supply. "Thanks to improvements, our strong brand and our well-known high level of expertise in intralogistics processes, we have succeeded in acquiring a number of valuable major customers. Together with our important existing customers, these are driving our growth," summarizes Philipp Hahn-Woernle.

Focus on the manufacturing industry
Viastore completed projects in the manufacturing industry focus sector in 2021. Here, Viastore not only supports its customers with storage and internal transportation tasks, but also with supplying production with system solutions and software. For a manufacturer of products for process measurement technology, for example, the system integrator took on the expansion, centralization and automation of intralogistics. For the in-house transportation of products, Viastore integrated the Soto 2 from Magazino, a robot solution that operates completely autonomously and ensures assembly supply. Long-standing customer Phoenix Contact, a manufacturer of electronic products, was also able to draw on Viastore's expertise for two projects in Germany: the company restructured production and logistics at its site in Herrenberg. With a new warehouse, tugger trains and automated loading and unloading stations, Phoenix Contact was able to increase its delivery performance and create the basis for easy expansion in the future.

In Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, the company relies on a driverless transport system for production supply - in order to be able to manufacture small batch sizes flexibly and at short notice. With this solution, Phoenix Contact not only benefits from 85 percent less stock in circulation and more space for additional production systems, but also relieves employees of physically strenuous tasks.

Viastore has also implemented a special pilot project in Spain with one of the world's largest food producers and integrated the Atlas 2D shuttle storage system. The highlight of the pallet system: the shuttles can move both in the storage lanes and in the main aisle and change direction independently. This means that the shuttle can move from one storage channel to another without being moved by an industrial truck. The customer therefore benefits from maximum space utilization and capacity in their deep-freeze warehouse despite the small storage area.

Viastore Software grows with rollouts, new projects and upgrades
Viastore Software GmbH also has projects to show for 2021: A kitchen manufacturer has realized one of the most modern production facilities for kitchen furniture at its new location on around 110,000 square meters - the internal logistics and production are controlled by viadat.

Viastore Software developed a multi-stage concept for Milchwerke Mittelelbe, in which viadat was first introduced in conjunction with the existing, manually operated forklift trucks and then connected to the existing ProAlpha ERP system. The ERP system now receives feedback from the WMS and can process it - a much more efficient way of working. Milchwerke Mittelelbe now has a complete solution that manages the movement of both raw materials and finished goods in a transparent and time-saving manner.

In addition, Viastore Software also implemented orders involving an upgrade of the warehouse management system: As part of the largest retrofit order in the company's history - the modernization and expansion of Rettenmaier & Söhne's logistics center - the existing viadat warehouse management system was replaced with the latest version.

viadat 5.4 had been in use at the distribution center of Danish customer Danfoss for almost 20 years. In order to make the intralogistics system fit for the future and bring it back up to date with the latest technology, the specialist for heating and cooling technology, hydraulic and electric motors decided to switch to the latest version 9.2. At Danfoss, viadat manages the warehouse and controls all internal transportation and production supply.