Case Studies

1) Facing risks due to labor shortages

Operating 24 hours a day, five days a week, Obeta’s main warehouse receives tens of thousands of regularly changing products from manufacturers and fulfills hundreds of thousands of ...

2) Modification to Labeler & TwinPrint® Print/Apply Streamlines E-Commerce Shipping Line

An on-line maintenance, repair, and operations products distributor needed to add automated sequentially numbered 9 digit Code 128 “license plate” labeling to their shipping lines along ...

3) Software Step-in Solves Palletizing Dilema

A large container manufacturer contacted FOX IV regarding a palletizing project installation using existing non-FOX IV equipment. FOX IV provided a custom software solution to work ...

4) Automating to Improve Inventory Management and Customer Service

Stemilt Growers is a family-owned and operated business that grows and distributes a variety of fresh fruits. Stemilt had rigorous requirements for an automation system. Pallets of ...

5) Reducing Pick Times and Enabling Growth with Autostore

Radwell International sells new and surplus industrial automation, MRO, pneumatic, motion, electronic, hydraulic, HVAC and electrical control equipment. The company identified the need ...

6) Specialty Labels for Frozen Food Producer

A small frozen food producer contacted FOX IV looking for labels to adhere to their frozen soup bags and containers. The end-user wanted labels to manually apply labels to their frozen ...

7) Weigh Labeling with Custom Database/Report Software

A large meat products producer contacted a FOX IV Distributor to deliver a customized weigh-labeling system that includes a product database, reporting function, and label format creation. ...

8) SpeedCell adds thousands of SKU locations within existing footprint

Water sports retailer Overton’s adds thousands of SKU locations to its existing facility with SpeedCell from UNEX. The retailer improved efficiency by 20-30% as a result of adding SpeedCell. ...

9) SpanTrack helps consolidate distribution facilities and increase throughput rates

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits’ CA and KY facilities use SpanTrack flow rack systems to keep the product rolling. The CA facility consolidated five regional warehouses into one 620,000 ...

10) UNEX SpanTrack® Bed Delivers 45% Increase in Pick Efficiency for Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher set out to dramatically improve pick efficiencies in two areas of their Maryland manufacturing and distribution center: the 13,000-square-foot cold box space and the 9,000-square-foot ...

11) Enhancing Supply Chain Management with Accurate Dimensioning Data

This particular retailer deals with thousands of stock keeping units (SKUs) on a daily basis and was having a hard time accurately and efficiently monitoring inventory storage in their ...

12) Automated Labeling of Tapered Bulk Feed Tubs

FOX IV's expertise in drum and tub labeling along with their ability and experience with large label print and apply enabled FOX IV to provide the end user with a perfect solution to ...

13) FOX IV Labeling Station for Feed Blocks

A large national material handling company enlisted FOX IV to supply a unique labeling station as part of a conveyor and palletizing line that they were providing to an animal feed ...

14) How Dallas Love Field Airport improved its checked baggage resolution area by investing in RFID tracking from SICK

Dallas Love Field (DAL) airport was having issues with congestion in its Checked Baggage Resolution Area (CBRA). In late 2018, they implemented an $8.8 million renovation to help. This ...

15) FOX IV - Portable Print and Apply for Case Labeling on Production Lines

The American production facility of a large international glassware brand needed labeling systems that could move to a random production line without having to download a new label ...