Prove the labor savings before you move a single case
Simulation-proven slotting for grocery and parcel distribution centers. We model your DC from your own data, re-slot with engineered logic, and prove the labor impact with a discrete-event simulation—before anything physically moves.
- Labor Savings
- ~5%
- Pick rate
- +4-6%
- Payback
- Weeks
Distribution centers bleed labor to poor slotting
Labor is the number-one controllable cost in a DC. When SKUs sit in the wrong locations, every pick pays the tax in travel, congestion, fatigue, and replenishment.
Excess travel
Misaligning SKU demand with its location forces pickers to walk miles of avoidable distance every shift.
Aisle congestion
Poorly balanced pick density creates bottlenecks where pickers queue, collide, and wait instead of picking.
Non-ergonomic picks
Heavy and high-volume items placed outside the golden zone drive fatigue, slower rates, and injury risk.
Replenishment churn
Undersized or mislocated forward pick faces trigger constant replenishment trips that compound labor cost.
From your data to a proven move list, in four steps
Engineering rigor delivered as software. Every recommendation is modeled, simulated, and validated before a single case moves.
- 01
Ingest your data and CAD
We model your DC from your own WMS extracts, CAD drawings, and engineered labor standards. Batch extract only—no live connection required.
- 02
Optimize with engineered logic
Velocity/ABC slotting, golden-zone ergonomics, heavy-on-bottom, and one-way flow re-slot the pick area with industrial-engineering rigor.
- 03
Simulate current vs. optimized
A discrete-event engine models travel, congestion, ergonomics, replenishment, and receiving in real time units to prove the labor impact.
- 04
Deliver the executable move list
Current location to future location for every SKU, plus before/after KPIs. Read-only—your team executes it in your own systems.
Read-only, always. The platform never writes to, modifies, or operates your WMS. We deliver the recommendations and the move list; your team executes—eliminating operational risk and simplifying security review.
Interactive 2D and 3D models of your pick area
Explore your DC as it is and as it could be—velocity-colored slotting, animated pickers, and congestion visibility, all driven by the simulation engine.
Velocity-colored slotting
See every pick face shaded by velocity and ABC class—fast movers in the golden zone, slow movers out of the way.
Congestion visibility
Watch animated case pickers trace one-way flow and expose the aisles where traffic stacks up before it costs you.
2D and 3D models
An interactive 2D digital twin for planning and a 3D CAD simulation for stakeholder buy-in—same underlying engine.
The engineering does the optimization. AI explains it.
A grounded AI turns each run's computed results into plain-language, prioritized actions—and answers your questions about the data. It reads the numbers the simulation produced; it never invents them.
Narrates every run. Prioritized moves, expected labor impact, and the reasoning behind each recommendation.
Grounded, not generative guesswork. Answers are anchored to your simulation output—no fabricated figures.
Prioritized action
Move 42 A-class SKUs into golden-zone slots in aisles 3–6. Modeled effect: -4.1% travel, +3.8% UPH.
You asked
“Where does congestion concentrate after re-slot?”
Grounded answer
Peak density shifts to the cross-aisle at bay 12 during the 10:00 wave—still 18% below the current bottleneck.
Honest, modeled numbers—validated per site.
These are engineering estimates from real discrete-event simulation, not spreadsheet guesswork. We prove them on your data before you commit to anything physical.
- Total labor reduction
- ~5%
- Pick-rate (UPH) improvement
- +4-6%
- Typical savings per DC / year
- $80K–$250K
On a realistic full-DC model—pick, replenishment, and receiving sized jointly.
With one fewer picker on the benchmark simulation.
Varies with DC size; payback measured in weeks.
Results are good-faith engineering estimates and are validated per site. Actual outcomes vary with DC size, SKU profile, labor standards, and operating conditions. Figures are modeled estimates, not guarantees.
Choose the depth that fits your network
From a single-site to a network-wide rollout. Every layout is grounded in the same engineered methodology.
Platform subscription
Annual, all-inclusive network license.
- Unlimited optimization runs
- 2D digital twin + 3D CAD simulation
- Full KPI suite + traffic/bottleneck analysis
- AI Insights + read-only WMS integration
- CAD ingestion
Network pricing scales with site count.
Premium 3D twin
Interactive 3D digital-twin builds.
- Photoreal 3D CAD environment
- Animated picker + flow visualization
- Stakeholder-ready walkthroughs
- Delivered as an add-on engagement
Add-on to the platform.
Integrator
A live digital twin, structured as a capital project.
- Computer vision + telematics feed
- Continuously updated live twin
- Delivered with partners
- Client-funded capital project
Scoped with partners.
Start with a fixed-fee, single-site Pilot.
We model one DC, deliver the move list and the simulated savings, and you validate the results after the physical re-slot. The Pilot de-risks the platform decision before you commit to a network license.
Engineering rigor, not startup hype.
We built this for numbers people. Every claim is modeled, every recommendation is defensible, and every integration respects your systems.
A real discrete-event simulation
Travel, congestion, ergonomics, replenishment, and receiving modeled in real time units—not spreadsheet averages.
Engineering optimizes, AI explains
Grounded AI turns computed results into prioritized, plain-language actions. It never invents numbers.
Read-only and WMS-agnostic
Works via batch extract with any WMS—legacy or modern. No writes, no operational risk.
Microsoft / Azure-friendly
Entra SSO and an Azure hosting path for enterprise IT comfort and a smoother security review.
Built by credentialed practitioners
APICS/ASCM CPIM and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, with hands-on warehouse operations and layout experience. We understand the building, not just the database.
Named for the charioteer of Achilles
Automedon was Achilles' charioteer—the trusted hands that kept the best equipment in the war moving. Warehaus Automedon drives your warehouse the same way: engineered control of every pick face, proven before a single case moves.
We're credentialed industrial-engineering practitioners, not a generic software shop. We've stood on the floor, walked the pick paths, and redrawn the layouts. That operating depth is built into every recommendation the platform makes.
Credentials
APICS / ASCM CPIM and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, with hands-on warehouse operations and layout experience.
Chattanooga, TN
HQ
US & Canada
Service area
See your DC modeled before you commit
Tell us about your operation and we'll walk you through a discovery call: what the simulation proves, what a pilot looks like, and the modeled savings for a DC like yours.
Read-only · WMS-agnostic · Entra SSO ready