Smart Automation for the Aftermarket: Turning Complexity into Competitive Advantage

The aftermarket sector faces unique pressures. Whether serving automotive, industrial, or aerospace applications, success depends on ensuring that the right component is available at the right time — with absolute precision.

Key challenges include:

• Complex Inventory Management: Spare parts can vary greatly in size, weight, and demand, making inventory management tricky. Traditional methods of manual picking and storage often lead to inefficiencies, stock discrepancies, and delays.
• High Demand for Speed and Accuracy: Customers expect fast delivery of parts, often with same-day or next-day shipping. This demand for speed requires highly efficient and accurate fulfillment processes.
• Increasing Product Variety: With the growing complexity of products across industries (automotive, land, water, air vehicles, and industrial equipment), spare parts inventories are becoming larger and more diverse.
• Multichannel and B2B Requirements: The shift to multichannel retail and B2B models has created new requirements for flexibility in logistics operations, requiring systems that can handle online orders, wholesale, and retail delivery needs.

Traditional warehouse processes can no longer keep pace. What’s needed is a new level of warehouse automation that combines speed, scalability, and intelligence.

TGW Logistics brings more than 50 years of experience in intralogistics automation — combining proven engineering with innovative robotics and digital technologies. The result: systems that make aftermarket warehousing and spare parts distribution faster, smarter, and more resilient.

Mobile Robotics: Seamless Material Flow

TGW’s Quba, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), revolutionize intralogistics by dynamically transporting spare parts throughout the warehouse. They independently choose the most efficient routes, reducing manual handling and cutting lead times. This ensures optimized material flow and greater operational resilience — even during seasonal peaks.

Pick Robotics: Precision and Productivity

Robotic picking is transforming spare parts fulfillment. TGW’s PickCenter One RovoFlex delivers accuracy, consistency, and efficiency by using intelligent vision systems that recognize parts of different sizes and materials. The combination of robotics and goods-to-person technology reduces walking distances, eliminates errors, and boosts throughput — ideal for high-volume aftermarket operations.

Automated Packing and Sorting: Efficiency Without Compromise

Every package counts. TGW’s automated packing and sorting systems handle the diverse demands of aftermarket logistics — from small components to fragile parts. Integrated robotics and intelligent software ensure that every shipment is packaged, labeled, and dispatched correctly. The result: lower costs, fewer errors, and improved supply chain efficiency.

Shuttle Systems: Compact, High-Speed Storage

For operations managing thousands of SKUs, TGW’s Stingray shuttle system delivers high-density storage with ultra-fast retrieval. Vertical storage designs maximize space while ensuring immediate access to parts. Integrated with robotic picking and WERX warehouse management systems, these solutions support scalable and reliable aftermarket warehouse operations.