Kardex Analytics Empowers Warehouse Managers with Actionable Data
16 April 2025, Company News
Kardex, a global leader in automated storage and retrieval solutions (ASRS), introduces Kardex Analytics, an advanced data analytics solution. It offers real-time insights, comprehensive historical reporting, and empowers warehouse managers with data-driven decision-making capabilities.
By eliminating the need for manual data extraction and Excel reports, Kardex Analytics provides instant access to key warehouse performance metrics. This enables businesses to optimize workflows, monitor productivity, and enhance operational efficiency.
"With Kardex Analytics, we empower our customers to make swift, informed decisions by providing them with the essential tools and real-time data they need." says Athena Listin, Product Manager at Kardex. "Instead of relying on manual reporting, warehouse managers now have a seamless way to access real-time and historical data, helping them optimize processes, reduce inefficiencies, and plan more effectively."
Turning Data into Action
Developed with input from leading industry players, Kardex Analytics offers a powerful set of features designed to enhance warehouse efficiency:
- Automated Reporting – Eliminates the need for manual data extraction by providing scheduled, automated reports.
- Real-Time Alerts & Notifications – Users receive regular updates via email to stay informed on key performance metrics.
- Historical Data Analysis – Enables warehouse managers to analyze past trends and make data-backed operational decisions.
- Optimization Consulting (Future Development) – Upcoming enhancements will offer data-driven recommendations for warehouse process improvements.
Solving Key Warehouse Challenges with Data-Driven Insights
Kardex Analytics is designed to address common pain points faced by warehouse managers:
- Productivity Improvement – Identifies peak processing times and bottlenecks, helping businesses optimize workflows and improve efficiency.
- Performance Monitoring – Tracks key metrics such as order fulfillment times, error rates, and machine utilization to ensure smooth operations.
- Machine Balancing – Ensures even workload distribution across equipment, preventing overuse and improving longevity.
- Order Forecasting – Analyzes historical order patterns to predict demand and align inventory levels, reducing excess stock and minimizing shortages.
- Optimized Storage Utilization – Assists in reorganizing warehouse zones to ensure high-turnover items are placed efficiently for faster retrieval.
- Better Workforce Planning – Delivers insights to optimize staffing levels and shift scheduling based on historical demand trends.
Availability
Kardex Analytics is available to customers with a Kardex Power Pick System (PPS) license and is offered as a cloud-based annual subscription.
About Kardex
Kardex is a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions in an attractive and growing market. The Group offers premium automated products, standardized systems and lifecycle services that guarantee high availability and low total cost of ownership. Kardex provides an intelligent entry into automation with its dynamic storage and retrieval systems, offers integrated material handling systems, small parts storage systems, and automated high-bay warehouses, and acts as a global AutoStore partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfillment solutions. The Group employs around 2’500 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989.
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