The Japanese Authority Validates ONO Lean Logistics International Patents

Born to meet the ever-growing needs for space optimization in companies, both in surface area and volume, vertical warehouses have been used with significant limitations in numerous companies for decades.

The fact that the Japanese Authority has recognized the ONO Lean Logistics system as a novelty and technical innovation in the country that gave birth to the production system that revolutionized the industrial world cannot be anything but a great source of pride for an Italian company that is also revolutionizing the internal logistics world of companies!

The international PCT is continuing its validation process in various countries around the world. An innovation in goods management systems, but above all, as we say, a new step towards flexibility in companies that intend to evolve for the next 20 years, Lean 4.0.

ONO Lean Logistics Module Management Systems rewrite the paradigms of goods management, shifting from mere containers to vital backbones for the production flow, to the extent that they are no longer identified as "warehouses" but rather as "PROCESS SERVERS". Similar to servers used in IT, modularity, ease of access, and management of goods are effectively conducive to waste reduction and optimization of production and picking processes.

The patent on the modularity of ONO LL Modules allows for the creation of backbones or systems with "snake" shapes that allow products to be stored in the position where operators or automatic machines desire to receive them, exactly where they produce the greatest added value for the end customer.

One day, a consultant told me:

Customers are not willing to pay for the value of the goods you provide considering all the movements you have to make to go around picking up components, not even if they are in vertical warehouses because you or someone else has to go to the warehouse bay. People should not move more than two steps from where they perform their task to achieve maximum effectiveness.

We listened to him! We have effectively invented a way to bring objects to people rather than having them move. We have done this by building a modular concept that allows companies not to self-limit but also not to induce them to investments that would require an advance awareness of the future.

ONO Lean Logistics Module Systems can be integrated at any time and in any direction with other counterparts so that optimization is a growing factor with the company. Drawers travel within the system with logic based on intelligent algorithms.

Integration with any company's IT system is guaranteed by modern communication techniques that surpass the classic "border tables," a method that is now outdated and limiting. Communications occur in real-time with any system the customer has in place, ensuring up-to-date inventories and tracking of all activities performed.

If you are curious and want to look ahead 20 years instead of backward... ask us how!