Grid installs in days without groundworks, can accommodate multiple clients in one system, and reconfigures in software when the contract changes. So you can price a bid on a lower cost per case, mobilise a new contract fast, and flex the same hardware as client demand moves, without replanning or committing to additional infrastructure spend.
Conventional warehouse automation is fixed: designed for one client, one process, one volume. When the contract changes, the infrastructure doesn't. Grid inverts that — the tiles are the same hardware regardless of client or process, and the AI engine is reconfigured in software. The physical floor stays the same and the operation adapts. Think of it as a software-defined conveyor layout.
Grid tiles are not dedicated to a client or a process. When a contract changes - volume shifts, a client adds a new product range, or a new contract starts - the system reconfigures in software, not in steel. No racking changes, no infrastructure cost, no downtime during the transition.
Third-party logistics operations absorb volume variation that their clients can't predict. Grid handles demand spikes and quiet periods under continuous AI control: no replanning cycle, no manual re-sequencing of the floor, no wave management. The system re-solves in real time as the demand profile changes.
Installing conventional automation to win or mobilise a new contract can take months. Grid installs into existing space within days — no groundworks or structural changes, standard power and a single API connection. A 3PL can commit to new volumes and be operational before a conventional system would have been designed.
Cost per unit handled across variable demand profiles — manual operation versus Grid, from steady-state to seasonal peak, with and without agency uplift.
The 3PL ROI case combines labour saving with contract agility. Grid reduces the cost of running existing contracts and lowers the barrier to winning new ones — through faster deployment, lower mobilisation cost, and a floor that reconfigures without infrastructure spend.
A lower cost per case and faster deployment let a 3PL price a bid more keenly and mobilise ahead of a manually-run competitor. It pays back on labour saving alone, and tiles can be redeployed at the end of a contract.
3PLs add and remove agency staff in response to client demand. Grid absorbs that variation without productivity loss — pickers work fixed stations, reach full output immediately, and don't need route training or warehouse orientation when they join.
Throughput, pick rate and dwell time are tracked in real time at the unit level. 3PLs can report accurate service data to clients without manual measurement, and identify performance issues before they become SLA breaches.
“Wincanton is accelerating the adoption of cutting-edge technology for the benefit of its customers, and our exciting investment in this innovative tote-to-person picking solution from VersaTile Automation will transform productivity and efficiency in our shared user eFulfilment operations.”
Paul Durkin — Chief Customer and Innovation Officer, Wincanton
The same AI engine, scaled to cages, dollies and pallets.
Volumes and hours in — stations, tiles and throughput out. The Grid configurator gives you an indicative system on the spot.
Real deployments with measured results — starting with Wincanton's fivefold pick-rate increase.
We'll model cost per case, mobilisation timeline and contract flexibility for your client mix, volume profile and site constraints.