SI SYSTEMS
HALF A CENTURY OF
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
SI Systems rich heritage illustrates its progressive approach to distribution center technology and constant focus on total systems integration. A specialized systems integrator that supplies branded automated material handling systems to manufacturing, assembly, order fulfillment, and distribution operations customers, SI has been a leader in the field for 50 years.
The company’s engineering and process integration disciplines gives it unique capabilities in meeting material handling challenges. Over the years, SI has addressed every type of distribution operation, and draws upon this experience to best serve client needs.
Formed by Cornell University engineering graduate Jack Bradt in 1958, the first product the company introduced was a manually-wheeled cart used in manufacturing and distribution environments. This equipment started the tradition of enlisting new products to enhance processes. Mr. Bradt recruited engineers to create innovative equipment to automate the industry. One of those products was LO-TOW®; a revolutionary in-floor chain conveyor system which allowed parts to be moved mechanically instead of manually.
Mr. Bradt had the ability to visualize products in a broader capacity and modify them for other processes. He traveled all over the world to acquire pieces for adaptation for material handling solutions. CARTRAC® was a piece of equipment originally used in the mines of Sweden. Mr. Bradt re-invented CARTRAC in 1969 for the automotive industry, and broke new ground in car body manufacturing. The equipment was a leader in the field for years.
The drive to continually search for new and better ways of material handling solutions led to SI’s involvement in broader systems applications. It was no longer enough to provide equipment to clients. An analysis of the system as a whole and the best way to service it was now top priority. The Red River Army Depot government contract, awarded in 1996, was a great example of SI’s new total system approach. SI Systems not only provided key equipment for the facility, it also secured other contractors and products that would best serve the job and maximize facility throughput.
The SI-Baker Enterprise was another ground-breaking solution to marketplace needs. SI Systems married its integration strength with the power of an automated pill-dispensing system manufacturing company in Pineville, LA. This company had developed systems solely for the mail-order pharmacy business. Together they were able to create superior mail-order prescription fulfillment systems. SI recognized a market with a specific set of process needs and systematically addressed all of them, from receiving to shipping.
While continuing to add new technologies like the DISPEN-SI-MATIC™, Accupic™, and Gantry Robotic Order Picking System, it became increasing important to the company to further maximize hardware capacity with software controls. SI Systems has been a pioneer in the creation of systems integration software for over three decades. Its intelligent order fulfillment software suite, SInthesis™ created in 2002, offers optimization planning, warehousing, inventory, routing, order fulfillment and distribution processes. SI’s new proprietary software suite, Warehouse Distribution Optimizer™, provides real time analysis and diagnosis of every picking system in a distribution center.
SI Systems Evolutionary Vision
SI Systems employs an evolutionary process to create system solutions. They meet with their customers, assess company needs; propose solutions, implement, support and enhance them, and then start the process again.
The company prides itself on taking risks to reach the next level. SI Systems partners with clients to obtain creative solutions. That dedication translates into a loyal customer following that has remained with the company over many years.
The vision to see beyond the “what is” and reach for the “what if” is part of company tradition. SI’s history of innovation and risk, partnership and process, is its foundation. This is the SI Systems legacy. This is the SI Systems future.
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