Turnkey Material Handling Automation and Consulting

Dan St. Peter

system in motion Spirit Week Was a Good and in Person Success

We united, encouraged interaction and inspired company fun. We had some good trivia fun, with winners from all departments Sales, Finance, Customer Service, Aftermarket, Project Management and Engineering. Thank you all who participated in Spirit Week and enjoyed the fun filled week. Employees had fun dressing up and enjoying the fun trivia. Monday Sports Day (wear your favorite sport attire)7/11 Sports trivial Tuesday Animal Day (wear animal print, dress up as an animal)7/12 Name that animal Wed. 80’s Day (wear bright colors)7/13 80’s trivia Thursday Company Pride Day (wear a company shirt you own)7/14 Employee baby pictures Guess who? Friday Christmas in July (wear your xmas stuff)7/15 xmas trivia To end in the fun filled week we are doing a donation to Willard Elementary School in Elgin. We always try to give back to the community.

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E-Commerce and Warehouse Expansion

When MJ Holding expanded to a new warehouse facility, it partnered with System in Motion and Alpine to ensure the warehouse could accommodate its inventory storage and distribution needs as well as expand its ability to meet e-commerce orders. “We were conducting business out of five buildings and that needed to change,” says Mark Zabloudil, chief operating officer for MJ Holdings. Initially, he turned to Scott Lee, president of System in Motion Inc., a materials handling and storage system integrator, to assist with consolidating operations under a single roof. MJ Holding considers both companies to be trusted partners and going forward all three will continue to analyze, grow, and understand MJ Holding’s business requirements to determine how it can be responsive and nimble for the market. Click here to read entire article

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Modular Building Solutions

A-WALL™ Building Systems Provide a Fast, Versatile Construction Alternative A-WALL™ systems are a modular, flexible alternative to costly permanent construction buildings. A-WALL’s prefabricated components can be assembled using common hand tools and structures can easily be disassembled, relocated or reconfigured as needs change. The versatile system of wall panels, doorways, windows and accessories like electrical boxes and soundproof panels can be combined to create a variety of structures. Options include personnel solutions like offices, lunchrooms, break rooms and technical structures like CMM rooms, laboratories, equipment enclosures and plant partitions. The A-WALL system offers many accessories and custom features. Industrial flooring products include heavy tiles for high traffic areas and carpet with glue-free installation. All flooring options have interlocking dovetail joints for a smooth, easy fit. A variety of acoustical solutions are available for noise reduction including wall panels, ceiling tiles, drapes, hanging baffles and other barriers and enclosures. These creative, durable soundproofing designs create new possibilities for in-plant facilities like conference rooms and offices. Custom cabinetry and casework fabricated in wood and plastic is perfect for a cafeteria, break room or lobby. A-WALL offers a variety of pre-wired electrical panel options for conduits, data boxes, electrical devices, outlets and MC cables. These pre-wired options greatly reduce the time and difficulty of electrical installation. A-WALL™ systems are great for plants, offices, industrial or retail spaces and provide a significant advantage over traditional permanent construction. Testimonials: \”A-WALL\’s modular buildings are the fast, flexible and affordable alternative to current construction supply chain and labor delays. My project was installed and ready for use before I would have received my stud and drywall quote.\” -Mark S., Operations Manager \”We were able to make use of underutilized space in our facility with A-WALL\’s pre-engineered mezzanine offices. An A-WALL modular building was installed above the mezzanine to make use of overheard space and to free up productive floor space. The entire process, including installation, was quick and easy!\” -Graham B., Owner & President Click HERE to learn more

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What It’s Like Working for Systems in Motion

Even in the best of economies, finding good help can be challenging. When business is booming, it\’s even more difficult to find the right people to keep up with demand.  If you are in the market for a new job, or know of anyone who is, we are looking for qualified engineers, technicians, and sales members to help take us to the next level in our business. If you’re looking for a great place to work with plenty of opportunity for growth, advancement, and camaraderie Systems in Motion may be the perfect fit.  We are always searching for talented individuals to join our team, so don’t hesitate to reach out if you think you have what it takes. We offer our employees the opportunity for a seat on the bus based on what skills they bring to the team!  Do you have what it takes to join our team?  Visit our website today to see all our open positions and learn more about how you can become part of the Systems in Motion family. https://www.systeminmotion.com/career Interested in learning more about Systems in Motion? Click here to view video of what it is like to work at SIM\’s!

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Parcel & Last Mile Delivery Solutions

If you’re like many other material handling and logistics professionals, you are constantly challenged to handle an ever-changing mix of parcel sizes and volumes while dealing with limited space. As regional last mile delivery providers continue to expand their territorial reach, they are facing challenges of how to cost effectively add regional sort stations and cross dock operations. Developing an MHE solution that can handle daily throughput and be capable of flexing for peak can be a daunting task. Non-conforming or Non-compatible packages can create additional complications. Many regional last mile carriers are investing in more automated and semi-automated processes to handle the variability and increasing volume.  Often times combining manual and automated sort solutions to handle the diverse mix of parcels. Parcel mix has become a real challenge for carriers and MHE providers alike. As the average item count per parcel continues to decrease the volume of smalls has sky rocketed. Smalls come is all shapes, sizes, and packaging media. Many of the existing MHE solutions in place form the days of cardboard cartons struggle to process polybags, bubble mailers, and the reduced carton sizes being shipped today. One solution that Systems In Motion (SIM) has developed utilizes a sliding shoe sorter for cartons and a sweep sorter for smalls. This particular customer was facing several issues; an increasing number of smalls, space constraints, and the need to relabel products for routing. The existing MHE consisted of inbound conveyor, 3 sort lines for outing relabeling, a single scan tunnel and a sliding shoe sorter. To effectively handle the increased smalls volume the decision was made to add a separate smalls sorter that would deliver parcels to the same outbound lanes as the existing shoe sorter, and add an isolated inbound and relabel process. The inbound and relabel MHE was tucked into a small area of an existing mezzanine, using two stations and up to 4 associates, the smalls are inducted onto an incline conveyor, transported to a small ARB diverter table to separate the volume and divert to the two stations. Associates then scan the parcel, print and apply the routing label and send the parcel to the smalls sorter. The smalls sorter was designed and built to install directly over top of the sliding shoe sorter. By doing this we saved floor space, and utilized the same drop locations. The smalls sorter utilized a simple design with sweep arms and plastic table top conveyor to provide a smooth, non-snag surface for the poly bags and bubble mailers. The bigs and smalls can now divert onto the same outbound sort lanes keeping the overall system foot print small, saving valuable floor space.  Let us show you how we can help solve your parcel and space saving solutions. In this video you can see how we help an organization with parcel mix and space saving. Click here to view video. Contact us today for more information. sales@systeminmotion.com

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#1 Safety and Hygiene

Safety and Hygiene in the warehouse or manufacturing facility is important, but we need to understand what that means. 1. Safety and Hygiene  The first item is to make sure you have done everything possible to be responsive to your employees needs.   Alpine Supply Chain Solutions is offering Free “Covid-19 Warehouse Training” program.  A webinar on Preparedness and Response is available via the link below.  Here are some highlights:  Review Daily routines such as breaks, shift start/end times, start of shift meetings and change as needed to minimize group interactions and reinforce social distancing. (i.e. stagger start times, break times, reconfigure break room furniture to space employees out) For a more detailed list click here to view the webinar replay. Preparedness and Response Webinar Link 

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Channel Partner Success

System in Motion and FMH\’s relationship stretches back over 20 years. System in Motion continues to trust the FMH team due to product quality and national name recognition. \”There is a long legacy of name recognition in the industry as a leader in flexible truck loaders. FMH has continued to innovate over the years and is still developing new solutions,\” Jason Effing, System in Motion VP of Direct Sales, said of the partnership. The integrator has found success in offering FMH\’s NestaFlex and BestFlex product lines, particularly for 3PL applications. As companies look to automate their loading and unloading processes, FMH is looking to meet that need and provide innovative solutions. This was demonstrated recently when FMH and System in Motion had the opportunity to collaborate on a project for an Indiana-based RV tire supplier. The lead came in through FMH and was passed on to the sales team at System in Motion. The end-user was expanding production and opening a new manufacturing facility. They were looking for a solution that would increase efficiency when compared to their existing facility. System in Motion and FMH proposed a more automated solution with the hopes of decreasing heavily manual processes. \”This project included a complete installation of two MaxxReach and some BestConnect units. Tire applications are unique in the way they have to be maneuvered to ship efficiently,\” said Mitch Penar, FMH Regional Sales Manager. Tires also offer a unique challenge with their size and weight. They must be stacked in a herringbone pattern in order to fill the trailer. Manual loading and unloading processes require that team members must utilize a ladder and lift each individual tire into position. By implementing MaxxReach telescopic belt conveyors, operators are able to enjoy increased productivity and ergonomics. MaxxReach comes standard with many safety features designed to reduce the risk of repetitive stress injuries. For this application, the two units were equipped with a tilt feature and man rider platform. By implementing a tilt, operators are able to increase or decrease the angle at which the conveyor is positioned in the trailer for loading. The man rider platform allows operators to stand at the end of the conveyor and eliminates the need for ladders or strenuous movement. To better serve the end-user\’s facility needs, the two units were equipped with traversing floor tracks so they could service multiple dock doors. Looking forward, System in Motion Solutions and FMH are exploring potential LITESORT automated sortation system projects to help meet the needs of their customers. This is just one example of what channel partner success looks like with FMH! We enjoy working with our partners to serve many industries with custom solutions. Thank you to FMH for continuing to trust our team!

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How Our Organization Works to Provide the Best Material Handling Solutions!

Systems in Motion, System in Motion, ESG, KVK and MHIG showcased in this video that shows how we can help your oganization.This video shows you how Systems in Motion, System in Motion, ESG, KVK and MHIG Optimize Efficiency & Productivity with Automated Material Handling Systems and Supply Chain Solutions. Turnkey system integrator that uses cutting-edge technology to design warehouse solutions and improve production.  With over 25 years of experience, System in Motion knows how to get the job done right. We have a wide range of solutions that will fit your specific needs and we’re always up for a challenge. In our video you can see how we can help you streamline your process and improve efficiency as we did for 2 companies we showcase. Click this video now to see how our organization works and how we can help you achieve success!

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Modex 2022 Presentations Recordings

Our team is passionate about finding the perfect solution for your needs. System in Motion provides automated material handling systems and supply chain solutions that will optimize your business and help you leap ahead of the competition.Our solutions are tailored to fit your specific needs, so you can be sure that you’re getting the best possible service. We understand the importance of efficiency and productivity, and we work tirelessly to provide our clients with the best possible solutions. Watch our presentation videos or visit our website today https://www.systeminmotion.com/ to learn more about how we can help improve your business as we did with these two companies! Recorded Presentations you can listen to. Optimize efficiency & productivity with automated material handling systems & supply chain solutions. How a top performing global direct selling company leapt ahead to manage explosive growth.    

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Horizontal Cross-belt Sorter for Sale

System in Motion offers this Sorter call us for a install today! 847-923-9600 This sorter has 342 cross belt carriers that delivers to 105 production chutes, 1 jackpot chute and 2 pallet sized gaylord locations. Each carrier is 23.50” x 16” and can handle a weight of 150 pounds. The total length of this sorter is 578 [ft] consisting of (3) – 3 horsepower VFD drive motors. Induction area consists of an operator control panel, 6 induction stations and Sick bar code image reader [top scan only]. 2 staircases for access to the interior of the sorter. *Sorter also has $90,000k + in spare parts that have never been used.

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