Automation for Automotive and Transportation Industry
Whether you are involved in manufacturing, assembly, or MRO, Kardex automated storage and retrieval solutions are designed to meet your specific needs, ensuring seamless operations and optimized performance.
When manufacturing automotive parts, managing just-in-time delivery of parts to the production line and product variants are key to staying competitive. Our automated solutions optimize production by ensuring timely material flow, inventory control and cost reduction.
Just-in-sequence delivery and maintaining line efficiency are key in vehicle assembly, while maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) focuses on 24/7 parts availability. Our solutions streamline both with parts sequencing and inventory visibility.
Features & Benefits
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Just-in-Time
Materials arrive exactly when needed in the production flow, removing delays and bottlenecks
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Just-in-Sequence
Deliver parts in the exact order needed, ensuring seamless assembly operations
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Inventory Management
Always know the exact location, status, and readiness of your inventory with real-time tracking
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Optimised Space Usage
Maximize storage efficiency with compact, high-density solutions
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Safe Materials Handling
Prevent unauthorized access and materials damage with secure storage solutions
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Reduced Downtime
Minimize repair times and keep operations running smoothly with efficient parts management

Just-in-Time
Materials arrive exactly when needed in the production flow, removing delays and bottlenecks

Just-in-Sequence
Deliver parts in the exact order needed, ensuring seamless assembly operations

Inventory Management
Always know the exact location, status, and readiness of your inventory with real-time tracking

Optimised Space Usage
Maximize storage efficiency with compact, high-density solutions

Safe Materials Handling
Prevent unauthorized access and materials damage with secure storage solutions

Reduced Downtime
Minimize repair times and keep operations running smoothly with efficient parts management
Customer Success Stories
Custom Built Solutions for Automotive and Transportation Operations
Kardex supports the complex, high-volume demands of the automotive and transportation industries with automation solutions that streamline material flow, improve inventory accuracy, and boost operational efficiency across the supply chain.
Manufacturing: Smoother Material Flow and Space Efficiency
In fast-paced manufacturing environments, automation enables more efficient pallet handling, component storage, and just-in-time delivery. Systems designed for dynamic buffer storage ensure that materials are staged and ready for production, helping reduce delays between production and shipping. High-density vertical storage solutions allow manufacturers to store a wide variety of components—large and small—within a compact footprint while maintaining fast, reliable access.
Assembly: Precision Delivery and Improved Line Performance
For assembly operations, automation supports just-in-sequence picking to ensure components are delivered in the exact order needed. This increases accuracy, reduces picking errors, and enhances throughput on the assembly line. With flexible storage for high-turnover small parts and the ability to stage large components nearby, operations can maintain continuous flow without sacrificing space or control.
MRO: Fast Spare Parts Access and Minimal Downtime
In maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), quick access to spare parts is critical to minimizing downtime. Automated systems streamline part retrieval by organizing inventory for fast, accurate picking. Whether managing high volumes of small components or larger equipment parts, smart storage helps ensure that the right parts are always available—keeping vehicles, machinery, and equipment in service longer and reducing disruptions.
Drive Efficiency and Precision in Automotive Supply Chains
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Kardex Solutions for Automotive and Transportation Operations
Kardex Shuttle
The Kardex Shuttle Vertical Lift Module is a flexible, space-saving solution designed for high-density storage and rapid parts retrieval—ideal for the automotive and transportation industry. It efficiently handles everything from large, bulky components to small, fast-moving service parts—improving organization, accelerating picking, and keeping production and service operations running smoothly.
Whether you're supplying parts to the manufacturing line or fulfilling dealer service orders the Kardex Shuttle adapts to your workflows with ease. Its ergonomic design reduces labor strain, while integrated software ensures real-time inventory visibility and picking accuracy.
AutoStore Cube Storage
Imagine storing four times the number of automotive parts—without expanding your warehouse footprint. Now picture fulfilling production or service orders faster than ever with one of the most space-efficient systems available today - that level of performance can transform operations.
As a global AutoStore partner, Kardex offers a compact, high-speed solution engineered for the automotive and transportation sector. Our robotic cube based system delivers unmatched flexibility, space efficiency, and throughput—ideal for keeping pace with today’s fast-moving vehicle and equipment supply chains.