Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
We're introducing you to the Bastian Solutions employees and engineers who make our company and clients a success. Our first spotlight features Ron Smith, a senior field application engineer who has been with Bastian Solutions since 1994 and served numerous clients throughout the Lexington, KY, region.
We're introducing you to the Bastian Solutions employees and engineers who make our company and clients a success. Our first spotlight features Ron Smith, a senior field application engineer who has been with Bastian Solutions since 1994 and served numerous clients throughout the Lexington, KY, region.
![SMC Achieves Same-Day Fulfillment with Goods to Person Robotic Automation
See the full case study here: https://www.bastiansolutions.com/resources/case-studies/industrial-distribution/smc/
“The warehousing operation traditionally wasn’t going to solve or allow us to reach [our] goals and the only way to do that was to automate,” said Frank Rivera, National Distribution Manager at @SMCUSATV.
SMC Corporation, a manufacturer of automatic control equipment with over 80 subsidiaries and joint ventures around the world, was rapidly reaching the extent of what their existing technology, location space would allow them to accomplish. SMC grew to 30% of the global market share in the pneumatics industry.
Supported by intralogistics software, AutoStore goods to person system, a specially designed pick and pass operation that supports customer fulfillment, as well as SMC’s own kitting process, SMC Corporation now has a thriving North America facility primed and ready to embrace future growth.
The integrated industrial distribution and fulfillment automation technology, as well as data-backed planning and integration solutions has improved not only SMC’s operations but also established a safer, more ergonomic environment for employees.
Doubled their daily throughput
93% of processed orders are shipped same day
Improved employee safety and ergonomics
Room for automation expansion to meet company growth and more.
Read more about how SMC achieved their competitive edge: https://www.bastiansolutions.com/resources/case-studies/industrial-distribution/smc/
#BastianSolutions #SMCCorporation #industrialdistribution SMC Achieves Same-Day Fulfillment with Goods to Person Robotic Automation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NNQj9KQmP5I/mqdefault.jpg)



![PUMA and Bastian Solutions: A Retail Fulfillment Game Changer
Working together for over a decade, PUMA and Bastian Solutions doubled down on North America retail e-commerce distribution operations, specifically creating a hub for greater east coast access.
At the heart of the Indianapolis facility is the cutting-edge goods to person, AutoStore Black Line. In charge of the day-to-day operations, NFI Cal Cartage, a third-party logistics company, was integral to finding a solution combination that supported labor with ergonomic solutions and maximized the facility’s potential. “[Bastian Solutions has] our best interest at heart, and they deliver upon what they say they are going to do,” John Amato, Senior Vice President at Cal Cartage/NFI.
A relationship a decade in the making, together, PUMA, NFI/Cal Cartage, Bastian Solutions and AutoStore rolled out a distribution center automation system that is marked as “A game-changer for PUMA,” said Helmut Liebbrandt, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Logistics, PUMA North America, “the story continues together with Bastian.”
Read the full case study here:
https://www.bastiansolutions.com/about/media-library/case-studies/e-commerce/puma-indiana/
You can watch AutoStores version of the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaNF_MtvUiQ
#BastianSolutions #goodstoperson #warehouseautomation PUMA and Bastian Solutions: A Retail Fulfillment Game Changer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OKiAMhv0grM/mqdefault.jpg)





