Vimaan announces the all-new StorTRACK, the next generation in cycle counting technology that addresses the ongoing challenge of warehouse inventory accuracy. StorTRACK conducts automated scanning of warehouse shelves and uses advanced machine learning to read labels, count inventory, reconcile against a WMS, and generate a visual and digital reconstruction of the warehouse, thus enabling 100% inventory accuracy.
After several years of scanning millions of items across Fortune 500-owned warehouses, Vimaan launched StorTRACK platform – a safer, more efficient, and more cost-effective solution that retains all the advantages of computer vision for inventory tracking.
StorTRACK is a stand-alone hardware module that is lifted and maneuvered by any MHE in the warehouse, including forklifts and order pickers. The unit includes multiple smart cameras and integrated lighting, enabling a field of view 4X larger than a drone, which allows for more efficient shelf scanning. The system also includes localization and navigation capabilities and a built-in tablet, which provides intuitive real time guidance to the MHE operator on exactly how to conduct the cycle count. The unit’s battery has a 24X longer charge than a drone, allowing for much larger coverage of the warehouse in a single mission.
To enable a cycle count, an operator simply picks up the unit with the MHE and drives to the appropriate aisle location to start the scanning mission. The system is then raised by the MHE forks, and automatically begins scanning inventory from the floor to the highest storage bay. This process is repeated along each aisle. The data is viewable on ViewDECK, Vimaan’s proprietary web application, and can also be integrated with major WMS providers –giving warehouse managers search and discrepancy reports as well as other actionable inventory insights.
StorTRACK has other advantages over a drone besides safety and scan efficiency. It is fully compatible with AGVs or autonomous forklifts, thus providing a “future-proof” path to truly safe and scalable 100% autonomous cycle counting. It enables on-demand cycle counting and rapid scans of an entire warehouse which are often needed for quarterly or annual physical audits.
