我們的日本之旅不僅限於物流展

9月初，STORIN的解決方案設計、專案和軟體團隊與日本營運中心的同事一起參觀了日本的物流展會。

此次行程原本是圍繞著產業展會、客戶需求、專案交付等方面進行規劃的。然而，在幾天的時間裡，團隊遇到了三個特別有趣的現實環境：

第一站是展覽，探索產業如何發展。

第二個是客戶的倉庫，了解真實的營運需求。

第三個是一個已經投入運作的項目，看看解決方案最終交付了什麼。

儘管這三個設定看似獨立，但它們一起追溯了 STORIN 智慧倉儲的完整方法——從了解產業發展和真正的客戶需求到在實踐中交付結果。

日本物流展：探索產業發展

9月初的日本物流展是此行的第一站。

對STORIN團隊來說，參觀展會不僅僅是為了發現今年最新的設備和機器人。從倉庫設備和物流機器人到自動化操作和軟體系統，展出的技術都在解決一個基本問題：

• 隨著倉庫營運變得越來越複雜，物流如何變得更有效率？
• 哪些技術正在從概念轉向實際應用，哪些變化正在對倉庫運作產生真正的影響？

▲ 日本物流展親身探索技術及應用趨勢。

Inside the Customer’s Warehouse: Real Challenges Beyond the Exhibition Floor

離開展會後，團隊參觀了日本客戶的倉庫。

沒有標準化的展位演示，也沒有精心設計的參觀路線——只有日常運營的現實：

• 貨物如何儲存和排列？
• How do workers pick items?
• Which tasks are repeated dozens or hundreds of times each day?
• Where is operational efficiency being held back?
• Which activities place additional physical strain on workers?

These questions can only be fully understood by stepping into the warehouse and observing the work firsthand.

This is precisely the role of a system integrator—not simply to install a piece of equipment in a warehouse, but to start with operational needs and bring software, equipment, and on-site workflows together into a fully integrated system.

▲ Visiting the customer’s warehouse to identify opportunities for improvement in day-to-day operations.

For a system integrator, a customer saying “We want to automate” is often just the starting point for understanding their actual needs.

The key questions to address are:

• Why is automation needed? 
• Which part of the operation needs to change most? 
• How can those changes improve both efficiency and the day-to-day working experience for staff? 

During this visit to Japan, the team also witnessed another answer in practice.

An Operational Project: Turning Answers into Tangible Results

While the team was visiting the Japanese market, a project for a customer in Japan officially went live.

The customer operates in the e-commerce retail sector, with approximately 15,000 SKUs managed in its warehouse.

With so many SKUs and frequent picking requirements, frontline workers routinely perform repetitive movements, including retrieving items and bending down.

The project therefore focused on more than simply getting the equipment up and running. It aimed to improve warehouse workflows to:

Reduce repeated bending and the cumulative physical strain caused by repetitive tasks over time.

At the same time, improve sorting efficiency.

Following implementation, sorting efficiency increased by approximately 80%.

On Site at the Implemented Project

From exploring technologies at the exhibition to identifying challenges at customer sites and implementing solutions to address them, these three experiences form the connecting thread of STORIN’s visit to Japan.

From “Seeing” to “Understanding” to “Putting Solutions into Practice”

Visiting exhibitions helps us understand how the industry is evolving.

Visiting customer sites helps us understand what their operations truly need.

Implementing projects brings solutions into real operating environments, where their value is demonstrated through tangible results.

For STORIN, smart warehousing is about more than simply installing robots, conveyor lines, or software systems in a warehouse.

Visiting exhibitions helps us understand how the industry is evolving.

Visiting customer sites helps us understand what their operations truly need.

Implementing projects brings solutions into real operating environments, where their value is demonstrated through tangible results.

For STORIN, smart warehousing is about more than simply installing robots, conveyor lines, or software systems in a warehouse.

What truly matters is:

Understanding needs in the context of the business, then connecting software, hardware, and on-site workflows so that automation genuinely supports people in their work and improves operational efficiency.

This was the clearest takeaway from the team’s visit to Japan.

The technologies showcased at exhibitions will continue to evolve, as will the challenges within warehouses.

Yet from industry trends to customer needs, and from solution design to project delivery, lasting value comes from putting technology to work in real operating environments to solve real problems.

On this trip—from Japan’s logistics exhibition to customer warehouses and a project already in operation—STORIN followed that very path.