Accelerating delivery expectations, expanding product assortments, labor constraints, and rising warehouse space costs are increasing demand for compact, high-performance fulfillment systems, according to Ehrhardt Partner Group, or EPG. The company today said it has continued the global expansion of its AutoStore integration for its EPG ONE warehouse management system, or WMS.
EPG said this will help companies orchestrate storage operations in real time, improve density, and scale automated processes without relying on custom middleware or fragmented system architecture. The company claimed that its WMS interface has provided seamless orchestration between warehouse management and automated systems, gaining experience to continuously improve.
“We invested early in creating a solution that tightly integrates AutoStore into our WMS,” stated Jett Chitanand, president of EPG Americas. “That early investment gives customers a stable and scalable architecture from Day 1. For companies investing in automation, long-term value depends on how effectively that technology connects to day-to-day warehouse execution. A reliable, repeatable, and scalable integration gives customers the flexibility to grow while protecting their automation investments.”
EPG said it is a leader in unified supply chain execution technology, supporting global brands for more than 35 years with smart connected logistics. Over 1,600 organizations use the company‘s product suite to optimize complex logistics processes from manual to fully automated warehouse environments. It has U.S. offices in Northlake, Texas.
EPG ONE integration offers ‘end-to-end control’ in real time
EPG ONE centralizes WMS, warehouse control systems (WCS), and workforce management systems (WFM), said Ehrhardt Partner Group. The software also unifies voice, multi-carrier global shipping execution, intelligent route optimization, dock management, contract and billing management, and the supply chain control tower, the company asserted.
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software. Source: EPG
AutoStore has become one of the most widely adopted cube storage solutions for maximizing density while supporting fast, dynamic order fulfillment, noted EPG. The company said its integration between the automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) and EPG ONE WMS provides the foundation for faster automation projects, greater operational control, and scalable warehouse performance.
EPG said the integration enables “end-to-end control” of core warehouse processes, including goods receipt, storage, replenishment, picking, and order consolidation. EPG ONE WMS acts as the central control platform, processing inventory updates, order priorities, and bin movements directly within the WMS environment.
“For AutoStore, close integration with powerful warehouse management systems like EPG ONE WMS is essential,” said Michael Bolz, consulting alliance director at AutoStore. “The combination of hardware and intelligent software ensures that customers can operate their facilities with stability, transparency, and scalability.”
The companies touted the benefits of the integration for dynamic warehouse environments, where order priorities, inventory levels, and replenishment requirements constantly change. The result is operational transparency, greater process reliability, and a system that scales alongside the business, they said.
Suite with AutoStore goes from pioneer project to proven solution
EPG has steadily evolved its AutoStore integration through successive customer implementations, making it a standard component of the EPG ONE Suite that now supports numerous live environments around the world.
For B2B wholesaler AXRO, the integration supports fulfillment operations defined by complexity, speed, and flexibility. A broad product portfolio, highly variable order structures, and international supply chains require the ability to process time-sensitive orders quickly and reliably.
with AutoStore. Source: EPG
“Our product portfolio is extremely diverse, and many customer orders are highly time-sensitive, with same-day shipping requirements,” said Mike Jonescheit, managing director at AXRO. “Thanks to the close collaboration with EPG, we were able to integrate AutoStore seamlessly into our operations. Today, we benefit from greater transparency, increased storage density, shorter processing times, and a scalable foundation for future growth.”
Global zipper manufacturer YKK relies on the solution with a strong focus on process reliability. Its AutoStore system is directly integrated into production supply processes. Through the standardized interface, the WMS processes inventory changes without requiring additional middleware or custom integrations, enabling rapid response times and complete operational visibility.
“For us, it was crucial that the AutoStore solution could be integrated directly into our logistics processes,” said Alexander Sann, deputy factory manager at YKK. “With the standardized EPG ONE WMS interface, inventory changes are processed in real time. This provides the transparency and reliability we need to respond flexibly to the requirements of both manufacturing and logistics.”
“The AXRO and YKK projects demonstrate how versatile AutoStore can be across very different operational environments,” added AutoStore’s Bolz. “Combined with the standardized EPG ONE WMS interface, customers gain a solution that delivers stability, scalability, and long-term reliability across industries.”
EPG shows systems in practice
Ehrhardt Partner Group also showcases the integration at its global headquarters in Boppard-Buchholz, Germany. The company has a dedicated demonstration environment featuring a fully operational AutoStore installation with bins, robots, a CarouselPort 4.0 workstation, and a mini-grid.
It said the environment gives customers and partners a realistic view of how the ASRS and WMS work together across automated storage, replenishment, picking, and order consolidation. The space also also serves as a development and training platform to reduce implementation risk before customer go-lives.
Complementing the EPG ONE Suite, EPG AURA provides an AI-native environment designed to connect and synchronize data across systems and intelligently enhance execution alongside the EPG ONE Suite or independently with third-party systems. In April, the company partnered with Locus Robotics Corp.