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  • Toyota Automated Logistics is your global partner for integrated warehouse automation. As part of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), the company has combined the talents of Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande's Warehousing business and viastore under one brand to deliver scalable systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.

    This vast knowledge and proven expertise includes:

    • Bastian Solutions' system integration capabilities and a broad technology portfolio that optimizes operations for sustainable growth.
    • Vanderlande's extensive warehousing business, which supports customers in navigating the increasing complexity of logistics by enhancing efficiency.
    • viastore's customized solutions that ensure reliable performance and continuous improvement.
Product Portfolio

  • Warehouse Automation Technologies

  • Warehouse automation technologies are the foundation of efficient, scalable, and future-ready operations. Toyota Automated Logistics brings together advanced technologies and global expertise to optimize material flow across your facility — from inbound handling and storage to picking, transport, and outbound fulfillment.

    Deployed individually or as part of an integrated automation strategy, our technologies help improve accuracy, increase throughput, reduce labor dependency, and support long-term operational growth.

      • Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)

      • Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) provide safe, reliable material transport for warehousing and manufacturing environments. Designed to move products with consistency and precision, these systems reduce labor dependency, improve throughput, and adapt to changing facility demands without fixed infrastructure.

        Toyota Automated Logistics designs, integrates, and supports warehouse AGV and warehouse AMR systems that align with your operational goals — whether that’s stabilizing internal logistics, increasing flexibility, or scaling automation over time.

            • AGVs and AMRs

            • Key Benefits:

              • Improved Safety
                Controlled vehicle movement and sensor-based obstacle detection or vision perception reduce the risk of accidents and damage.
              • Reduced Labor Dependency
                Automate repetitive and physically demanding transport tasks to ease labor constraints.
              • Consistent Throughput
                Maintain predictable material flow across shifts and production cycles.
              • Optimized Space Utilization
                Eliminate fixed conveyors and wide forklift aisles to make better use of facility space, often by as much as 40%.
              • Scalable Automation
                Add or remove vehicles as demand changes without disrupting operations.
              • Faster Return on Investment
                Delivers payback within five years through labor savings, reduced product damage, and more predictable operations.
              • Lower Operating Cost
                Automated vehicle systems reduce total operating cost by stabilizing throughput, improving asset utilization, and minimizing inefficiencies.
              • Reduced Product Damage
                Controlled vehicle movement plus consistent load handling and perception reduces impacts, mishandling, and product damage compared to manual transport and forklift traffic.

        • Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)

        • Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) create smarter, more efficient storage environments by maximizing vertical space and ensuring fast, accurate access to inventory. From stacker cranes handling full pallets to compact cube storage and mobile AS/RS, these systems manage growing volumes with greater precision, speed, and reliability.

          Toyota Automated Logistics pairs proven technologies and deep engineering expertise to design AS/RS systems that fit your operational goals—whether you're increasing throughput, improving accuracy, or expanding capacity. We assess your product mix, inventory flow, and long-term needs to define the right architecture, delivering dependable performance at scale and seamless alignment with your automation roadmap.

            • ADAPTO: Intelligent Shuttle-Based Automated Storage and Retrieval System

            • High-volume fulfillment operations face a persistent challenge: moving thousands of items in and out of storage accurately, in the correct sequence, and fast enough to meet same-day delivery expectations—all while managing constantly changing customer demands and limited facility space.

              ADAPTO is an intelligent shuttle-based AS/RS built for fast, high-volume operations. It unifies storage, picking, buffering, and sequencing in one automated system and delivers the highest availability with no single point of failure—ensuring orders are never delayed. ADAPTO also offers maximum scalability, with storage and throughput that can grow independently, giving it flexibility conventional shuttle systems can't match.

            • AutoStore

            • AutoStore® is the world's leading goods-to-person solution for maximizing space and accelerating order fulfillment. Designed for businesses facing labor challenges, limited space, and growing demand, AutoStore delivers unmatched efficiency and scalability.

              Toyota Automated Logistics doesn't just provide AutoStore technology. We engineer complete solutions that integrate seamlessly with your operation, helping you move faster, smarter, and more reliably.

            • Automated Pallet Storage Systems for High-Density Warehouse Operations

            • In modern supply chains, manual pallet warehouses quickly reach their limits. Automated pallet storage systems are the answer. Adaptable to the specific demands of your operation, TAL’s automated pallet storage solutions deliver reliable, cost-effective performance as requirements evolve.

              As an experienced system provider, we supply end-to-end solutions for your automated pallet storage. From high-density pallet racks with stacker cranes to scalable 1D and 2D pallet shuttles, our intralogistics systems enable maximum efficiency, transparency and future reliability.

          • Case & Piece Picking Systems

          • Case and piece picking systems automate one of the most labor-intensive and cost-critical functions in your operation: selecting individual items or full cases to fulfill customer orders. These systems combine directed workflows, automation technologies, and robotics to increase accuracy, stabilize throughput, and reduce dependency on manual labor.

            Toyota Automated Logistics designs, integrates, and supports case and piece picking solutions that align with your order profiles, SKU characteristics, and service-level requirements. From light- and voice-directed picking to goods-to-person systems and robotic piece picking, our engineers deliver dependable systems that scale with demand and deliver measurable performance improvements.

                • Case & Piece Picking Systems

                • Key Benefits:

                  • Improved Accuracy
                    Directed workflows with real-time verification achieve 99.9%+ picking accuracy, reducing mis-shipments, returns, and customer service costs.
                  • Increased Labor Productivity
                    Automated guidance and optimized pick paths significantly increases picks per labor hour compared to unstructured manual picking.
                  • Reduced Training Time
                    Light- and voice-directed systems guide new workers through processes, reducing training time from weeks to days while maintaining performance standards.
                  • Faster Order Fulfillment
                    Parallel picking across zones and goods-to-person delivery compress order cycle times, enabling faster cutoffs and same-day shipping.
                  • Improved Ergonomics and Safety
                    Reduced walking, reaching, and lifting lowers injury risk, improves worker comfort, and supports higher retention.
                  • Scalable Automation
                    Modular systems scale by adding pick zones, workstations, or robots as demand changes — without proportional labor increases.
                  • Lower Total Cost of Fulfillment
                    Improved accuracy, productivity, and labor utilization reduce overall operating costs while stabilizing throughput.

            • Conveyor Systems for Automated Material Transport

            • Conveyor systems form the backbone of warehouse automation, keeping goods moving continuously and reducing the need for manual handling. When designed well, they create consistent, predictable movement that cuts travel time and keeps each process operating at the right pace.

              Toyota Automated Logistics designs conveyor solutions that maximize throughput, make better use of your space, and connect seamlessly with your automation. We analyze how work moves through your facility and design paths that support required volumes, fit your footprint, and integrate with upstream and downstream systems — delivering a faster, safer, more efficient operation built to scale.

                  • Conveyor Systems

                  • Key Benefits

                    • Continuous Throughput
                      Conveyors move materials 24/7 at consistent speeds without breaks, achieving throughput rates impossible with manual transport methods.
                    • Reduced Labor Costs
                      Automated conveyance eliminates walking and pushing carts, allowing workers to focus on value-added tasks such as picking, packing, and quality inspection.
                    • Improved Ergonomics
                      Conveyors deliver products to workers at optimal heights, reducing ergonomic issues that cause musculoskeletal injuries.
                    • Predictable Cycle Times
                      Fixed conveyor speeds create consistent transport times, enabling accurate scheduling, labor planning, and customer delivery promises.
                    • Space Efficiency
                      Overhead conveyors and vertical lifts use cubic space effectively. Organized conveyor paths eliminate the wide aisles required for cart and forklift traffic.
                    • Product Protection
                      Controlled conveyor movement prevents the drops, collisions, and rough handling that damage products during manual transport.
                    • Expandable Capacity
                      Modular conveyor designs allow expansion as business volume grows without complete system replacement.
                    • Real-Time Visibility
                      Operations dashboards can display conveyor status down to the accumulation zone level, while integrated sensors can track every item throughout the conveyor network — providing accurate inventory location data and throughput metrics.

              • Goods-to-Person Systems for Automated Order Fulfillment

              • Goods-to-person (GTP) systems streamline order fulfillment by combining automated storage and retrieval with fast, accurate, ergonomic picking processes. Products are stored within the system and automatically delivered to the operator for picking, eliminating travel time and improving inventory and pick accuracy.

                GTP integrates easily with advanced picking technologies like software, pick-to-light, or AI-powered robotic piece picking to create a fully automated order fulfillment solution. By introducing robotics and intelligent software, operations gain higher throughput, greater accuracy, and more predictable performance in high-demand environments. As a scalable solution, GTP expands effortlessly to support growing order volumes and SKU complexity.

                    • Goods-to-Person Systems

                    • Seamlessly Integrate GTP into Your Fulfillment Ecosystem

                      Goods-to-person systems connect to warehouse software platforms and complementary picking technologies to form a complete order fulfillment workflow. TAL seamlessly integrates these systems with existing warehouse management systems and other automation equipment, coordinating data exchange and material flow across the facility.

                      Toyota Automated Logistics evaluates each operation to recommend the right combination of GTP storage and pick station technology:

                      • Pick to Light
                        Direct operators to the correct item and quantity using illuminated indicators at the workstation, reducing pick errors.
                      • AI-Powered Robotic Piece Picking
                        Use robotic arms with vision systems to pick individual items from bins without human intervention.
                      • Warehouse Management System (WMS)
                        Exchange critical data between the GTP system and enterprise platforms.
                      • Conveyor Systems
                        Transport bins and totes throughout the warehouse system.
                      • Warehouse Control System (WCS)
                        Sequence robot movements, bin deliveries, and workstation assignments in real time.
                      • Put-to-Light Systems
                        Guide operators during order consolidation by indicating which items go into which outbound containers.

                • Automated Palletizing & Depalletizing Systems

                • Automating palletizing and depalletizing help improve safety, boost throughput, and deliver consistent pallet quality across your operation. By removing one of the most repetitive, injury-prone, and labor‑intensive tasks, your team can stay focused while material continues to flow reliably.

                  Toyota Automated Logistics designs, integrates, and supports palletizing and depalletizing systems tailored to your product types, performance targets, and space constraints. From flexible robotic palletizers to high-speed conventional systems, our systems scale with demand and integrate seamlessly with the rest of your process to keep production running smoothly.

                      • Automated Palletizing & Depalletizing Systems

                      • Benefits

                        • Eliminated Ergonomic Injuries
                          Palletizing and depalletizing rank among the highest-risk warehouse tasks for back injuries and repetitive strain. Automation removes workers from these hazardous motions entirely.
                        • Consistent Pallet Quality
                          Every pallet is built to the same specifications, improving load stability, appearance, and downstream handling.
                        • Increased Throughput
                          Automated palletizers and depalletizers maintain steady output regardless of shift length, breaks, or workforce availability.
                        • Improved Cube Utilization
                          Optimized pallet patterns increase load density, reducing transportation costs and warehouse space requirements.
                        • 24/7 Operation Capability
                          Palletizing automation enables continuous operations across all shifts without the staffing challenges of manual palletizing positions.
                        • Reduced Product Damage
                          Controlled placement and consistent handling pressure minimize crushing, scuffing, and load shifts.
                        • Flexible Production Response
                          Pattern changes and product transitions occur through software rather than mechanical changeover, enabling rapid response to production schedule changes.

                  • Reliable Automation with Industrial Robotics

                  • Industrial robotics deliver consistent, high-performance automation for warehouse and distribution operations. Designed to execute repetitive tasks with precision and endurance, robotic systems improve throughput, reduce labor dependency, and eliminate variability caused by manual handling.

                    Toyota Automated Logistics designs, integrates, and supports industrial robotic solutions tailored to material handling and fulfillment environments. From palletizing and picking to machine tending and inspection, our team engineers robotic systems that align with your operational goals — whether that’s stabilizing output, improving safety, or scaling automation over time.

                        • Industrial Robotics

                        • Benefits

                          • Consistent Quality and Precision
                            Robots can execute the same programmed movements every cycle, delivering uniform quality and repeatable accuracy that manual operations cannot sustain.
                          • Continuous Operation Capacity
                            Industrial robots operate 24/7 with scheduled maintenance intervals measured in thousands of hours. This provides sustained throughput impossible with human labor constraints.
                          • Improved Safety and Ergonomics
                            Automating repetitive lifting, reaching, and twisting removes workers from high-risk tasks and significantly reduces injury exposure.
                          • Throughput Expandability
                            Adding robot cells provides linear capacity increases without the recruitment, training, and management overhead of workforce expansion.
                          • Reduced Labor Dependency
                            Robotics stabilize operations in tight labor markets and allow available workers to focus on higher-value oversight and exception handling.
                          • Reduced Product Damage
                            Controlled motion and consistent grip force minimize drops, crushing, and handling errors common in manual processes.
                          • Operational Visibility and Data Insights
                            Robotic systems automatically capture performance data, enabling continuous improvement, diagnostics, and proactive maintenance planning.
                          • Flexible Automation
                            Robots can be reprogrammed for new products, layouts, or workflows through software changes—without major mechanical reconfiguration.

                    • Warehouse Software Solutions for Automated Operations

                    • Warehouse software forms the intelligence that drives accuracy, speed, and coordination across your operation. When every system works in sync, your operations run faster, smoother, and with greater predictability.

                      Modern warehouses rely on coordinated software to keep automation running reliably. Our software acts as an essential interface between automation, operators and other processes. It is modular and scalable, built to grow and adapt with your operation. It's designed to plug and play with our solutions so you can quickly integrate new material handling automation or develop enterprise-level programs that elevate the performance of your entire system.

                          • Warehouse Software Solutions

                          • Key Benefits of Integrated Warehouse Software

                            • Increased Throughput
                              Coordinated software layers eliminate handoff delays and improve work sequencing, typically increasing throughput 15-30% versus siloed systems.
                            • Improved Inventory Accuracy
                              Real-time tracking and automated verification reduce inventory discrepancies to below 0.1% in mature implementations.
                            • Higher Equipment Utilization
                              WES orchestration keeps automated equipment productive by continuously feeding work based on real-time capacity.
                            • Reduced Labor Costs
                              Task interleaving and improved work assignment increase picks per labor hour while reducing unproductive travel time.
                            • Faster Order Cycle Times
                              Real-time orchestration and priority management accelerate order completion from receipt to ship.
                            • Better Visibility
                              Unified dashboards provide operational insights without accessing multiple disconnected systems.
                            • Flexible Architecture
                              Flexible integrations allow incremental automation additions without software replacement.
                            • Reduced Error Rates
                              System-directed work and automated verification eliminate manual decision points where errors occur.

                      • Intelligent Sortation for Any Application

                      • Sortation systems drive fast, accurate movement of goods by automatically routing items to the right destination at the right moment. These technologies help operations move products with greater speed, consistency, and control — even as volumes grow and order profiles become more complex.

                        Toyota Automated Logistics integrates proven sortation technologies to meet your accuracy, throughput, and operational goals. We evaluate product characteristics, workflow demands, and long-term needs to define the right solution — delivering reliable, scalable performance within your broader automation strategy.

                            • Sortation Systems

                            • Key Benefits

                              • Increased Throughput
                                Automated sortation processes 5-10x the volume of manual methods, enabling same-day and next-day shipping commitments without proportional labor increases.
                              • Improved Accuracy
                                Scan-based routing eliminates human decision-making errors, achieving destination accuracy rates of 99.9% or higher and reducing costly mis-sorts and reships.
                              • Reduced Labor Dependency
                                Sortation automation decreases reliance on seasonal or temporary labor while maintaining consistent throughput during peak periods.
                              • Expandable Capacity
                                Modular sortation designs allow adding destination lanes, additional robots or vehicles, or extending sorter length without replacing core equipment.
                              • Faster Order Fulfillment
                                Automated sorting compresses the time between order receipt and shipment, supporting competitive delivery promises and customer satisfaction.
                              • Lower Cost Per Sort
                                High-speed automated sorting reduces the per-unit handling cost compared to manual methods, improving distribution center economics.
                              • Real-Time Visibility
                                Integrated tracking provides complete visibility into product or order location, system throughput, and exception conditions for intelligent, data-driven decision-making.
                              • Reduced Product Damage
                                Engineered sortation mechanisms handle products more consistently and gently than manual methods, reducing damage claims and returns.