About This Session
What It Actually Takes to Run Manhattan Active WMS with AutoStore
Traditional warehouses give you massive square footage, dynamic pick locations, and mezzanine picking—but storage density, foot traffic, and manual slotting remain constant challenges. Goods-to-person automation changes the equation. This session breaks down one of the largest AutoStore deployments in North America—275,000 bins and approximately 292 robots—running on Manhattan Active WMS.
ITOrizon’s Senthil walks through the full integration architecture—from WES and WCS layer design to inbound put-away, batch picking, dynamic slotting with predictive AI, and real-time inventory sync between a cloud-based WMS and on-prem automation. You will see what works, where customization is required, and how to design a scalable warehouse operation.
What You Will Walk Away With
WMS, WES, and WCS — The Architecture That Makes It Work
AutoStore only knows bins and positions. The real intelligence lives in the WES layer—managing inventory, item attributes, picking logic, and bin presentation. This session maps exactly how Manhattan Active WMS, WES, and AutoStore WCS communicate to execute tasks.
Dynamic Slotting Powered by Predictive AI
High-velocity SKUs are automatically repositioned to the top of bin wells—reducing wait times and improving throughput without any manual slotting effort. The session shows how predictive AI and move-ahead buffers keep bins available when orders drop in.
Real-World Operations — Put-Away, Picking, and the 80/20 Rule
End-to-end walkthrough of inbound put-away, batch picking to put-walls, and multi-bin queueing. Learn why 80% of customizations are handled through Manhattan’s existing APIs and where the remaining 20% required direct core extensions.
Answering the Questions Every Leader Is Asking
How do you integrate a cloud-based WMS with on-prem automation without losing real-time inventory visibility?
What does the customization reality look like when deploying AutoStore with Manhattan Active at enterprise scale?
From Traditional Warehousing to Goods-to-Person at Scale
If you are evaluating AutoStore, Manhattan Active WMS, or large-scale warehouse automation, this session provides the architectural blueprint and operational lessons from a real deployment.
