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Manufacturers now have access to a single robotic system, a single platform for programming and training, and a single vendor relationship.

In live demonstrations at Pack Expo, Siemens showcased digital technologies like the digital twin and closed-loop innovation for the packaging industry.

Even though warehouse structures might be called sales centers, distribution centers, dispatch stations and other names, the specific terminology becomes very important.

Keeping track of orders and inventory, controlling the real-time activities of automated material handling equipment like robots, and retrieving products is engrained in warehouse management systems (WMS) and warehouse control systems (WCS).

In the future, robotics could be programmed to load beverage delivery trucks.

The company highlighted a new fully automated packaging line with four cobots that were randomly picking from moving conveyors and filling backpacks with food for at-risk youth.

The scissor-like precision and accuracy of robotics technology is boosting efficiency and driving success in beverage plants worldwide.

Food safety, health-and-wellness and clean-label trends are influencing more beverage-makers to invest in high-pressure processing (HPP) equipment.

Pack Expo Las Vegas 2019, an event for packaging industry professionals to connect, learn, discover new technologies and fuel their success, will take place Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas.

With increasing automation, new technologies and burgeoning SKUs driving the beverage industry, forklifts now are being used to gather data and intelligence on productivity, cost management and output within warehouses.