Automated Storage for Technical Manufacturing
Control components, tools, parts, and production inventory in less space.
Technical manufacturers often manage thousands of parts across shelves, bins, cabinets, carts, and production areas. White Systems helps organize and deliver that inventory with automated storage systems built for high-SKU, high-value, and space-constrained manufacturing environments.
Our vertical lift modules, vertical carousels, horizontal carousels, and inventory software help manufacturers improve access to critical inventory, support kitting and picking workflows, and reclaim valuable floor space without expanding the facility.
Looking for a better way to store technical manufacturing inventory?
Share a few details about your parts, tools, components, or production storage needs, and our team will help determine whether automated storage is a fit.
Storage that supports technical manufacturing workflows
When parts are hard to find, scattered across the facility, or stored in areas that no longer fit the workflow, production slows down.
White Systems helps manufacturers create a more controlled, organized storage process for:
- Production parts
- Electronic components
- Electrical components
- Sensors and controls
- Tooling and fixtures
- Maintenance and spare parts
- Kitting inventory
- Work-in-process materials
- Finished components
- High-value or high-SKU inventory
Whether your team is supporting assembly, maintenance, quality, production, or fulfillment, automated storage can help keep inventory accessible, protected, and easier to manage.
Common challenges we help solve
Too much inventory in too many places
Technical manufacturing inventory often spreads across shelving, cabinets, drawers, carts, tool rooms, stockrooms, and production areas. That makes it harder to find parts quickly and harder to know what is actually available.
Automated storage consolidates inventory into a smaller, more organized footprint while keeping items available at an ergonomic access point.
Slow picking and kitting
When operators spend time walking, searching, or waiting for parts, it creates friction in the production process.
Goods-to-person storage systems bring parts directly to the operator, helping support faster picking, kitting, replenishment, and production support workflows.
Limited floor space
As product lines, SKUs, and production needs grow, static shelving can consume space that could be used for production, assembly, staging, or equipment.
Vertical storage systems use available ceiling height to help reclaim floor space and store more inventory in a compact footprint.
Inventory accuracy and access control
High-value components, tools, and production materials need more control than open shelving can provide.
With inventory software, barcode scanning, user permissions, and system-guided transactions, teams can improve visibility into what was picked, where it was stored, and who accessed it.
Proof: Technical parts storage in action
See how ABB eliminated more than 500 storage bin locations
ABB needed to free up floor space, improve access to stored materials, and support a more efficient production environment.
With White Systems VLMs, ABB eliminated more than 500 storage bin locations and used the reclaimed space to better support production.
“We have been able to eliminate over 500 storage bin locations. We’ve been able to use that space to maximize and optimize the production of our floor.”
— Warehouse Supervisor, ABB
Automated storage systems for technical manufacturers
Vertical Lift Modules
Vertical lift modules are a strong fit for manufacturers that need high-density storage for parts, components, tools, and mixed-SKU inventory. Trays are stored vertically and delivered to the operator when needed, helping reduce walking and improve inventory access.
Good fit for:
- High-SKU parts storage
- Production kitting
- Tool and fixture storage
- MRO and spare parts
- Electrical and electronic components
- Inventory that needs better organization and control
Vertical Carousels
Vertical carousels rotate shelves to a fixed access point, making them useful for compact parts storage, controlled inventory, and repeatable picking workflows.
Good fit for:
- Small parts and components
- Tool crib storage
- Production support areas
- Maintenance parts
- Facilities with limited floor space
- Inventory that benefits from enclosed storage
Horizontal Carousels
Horizontal carousels can support fast goods-to-person picking when inventory is small, repeatable, and frequently accessed. They are best suited for high-volume picking environments where operators need rapid access to many stored items.
Good fit for:
- Small parts picking
- Batch picking
- Order fulfillment
- High-access inventory
- Repeatable SKU sets
- Fast goods-to-person workflows
Inventory software and system integration
Automated storage works best when the equipment and inventory data work together.
White Systems software helps manage storage locations, users, item movement, picking, putaway, and equipment activity. Systems can also connect with ERP, WMS, or MRP platforms to support more accurate inventory workflows across the operation.
Software can support:
- Guided picking and putaway
- Barcode scanning
- User permissions
- Inventory tracking
- Order management
- ERP, WMS, or MRP integration
- Multi-machine workflows
- Real-time inventory visibility
Built for demanding manufacturing environments
White Systems supports manufacturers that need more than basic warehouse storage. Our systems are used in operations where parts need to be organized, accessible, protected, and available when production needs them.
Technical manufacturing applications include:
- Machinery manufacturing
- Fabricated metal manufacturing
- Primary metal manufacturing
- Computer and electronic product manufacturing
- Electrical equipment manufacturing
- Semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing
- Battery and energy storage manufacturing
- Precision instruments, sensors, and industrial controls
Why White Systems
White Systems has been designing, manufacturing, integrating, and supporting automated storage systems since 1946.
Our team helps manufacturers evaluate the right storage approach based on inventory type, facility layout, SKU profile, picking needs, software requirements, and long-term service expectations.
With White Systems, you get:
- American-made automated storage options
- Vertical lift modules and carousel systems
- Inventory software and integration support
- Application review and system design
- Installation and training support
- U.S.-based service technicians
- Long-term parts and maintenance support
See what automated storage could change in your facility
The right system depends on what you store, how often items are accessed, how your team picks or kits inventory, and what space constraints you are working around.
White Systems can help review your current storage process and recommend whether a VLM, carousel, software-driven solution, or combination of systems makes sense.
Tell us about your inventory, facility, and storage challenge. Our team will follow up to help evaluate your options.
