VersaTile Matrix · totes
Sortation, sequencing and goods-to-picker. In one system.
Matrix is a multi-layer tiled field that buffers, sequences and presents totes to pickers, with a put wall built in. One system. One footprint. One investment. The AI engine moves tiles concurrently in real time with no advance planning required.
3x
orders vs manual, same space
2–3x
pick and presentation rates
Zero
advance planning required
Put wall
built into the same machine
Buffer. Sequence. Present.
Matrix does the work of three separate machines.
Buffer
A dynamic buffer decouples upstream and downstream processes so the whole operation can be optimised end to end — without dedicated buffering hardware.
Sequence
Totes are sorted and sequenced in real time across a multi-layer field, in exactly the order each station needs them. No pre-planning. No batch windows.
Present
The right tote arrives at the right station, on time. Goods-to-picker means pickers stop walking and start picking — and throughput scales without scaling headcount.
Goods-to-person, live
Two loops, one pick face.
Stock totes (mint) stream to the pick stations on a fast cycle, each delivering an item to the order tote (pink) waiting there. An order takes anywhere from one to ten picks before it's complete.
When an order tote has everything it needs, it leaves the field and the next queued order rolls straight in. The stock loop never stops, the slower order loop simply cycles beneath it. No conveyors, no fixed routing: the AI engine solves every move in real time.
Where Matrix performs best
Matrix is strongest when space efficiency, retrieval speed, SKU variety and labour savings are all under pressure at the same time.
Dark stores
Rapid grocery fulfilment with broad SKU ranges under simultaneous pressure from space, throughput and labour. Reducing pick time by even a few minutes per order expands the served delivery radius under the same fulfilment promise.
E-commerce fulfilment
Wide SKU ranges and fast fulfilment promises across general merchandise, health and beauty and spare parts. Matrix eliminates picker travel and compresses order cycles.
Stand-alone fulfilment
Dense, rapid goods-to-picker in a self-contained configuration. Up to 3x the orders of a manual operation in the same footprint — and far less reliance on temporary staff at peak.
Sequencing buffers
Absorbs goods in arrival order and releases them in transport, priority or store sequence. A focused entry point for operations that need controlled release without automating the full pick process.
Already running AutoStore, LiBiao or similar?
Matrix makes your existing automation perform better.
Most goods-to-person systems slow down as order size grows — presentation time rises and picker count climbs to compensate. Matrix deployed as a cache layer in front of your existing ASRS decouples upstream retrieval from downstream picking, compressing presentation time and reducing the pickers needed for the same output.
VersaTile only needs to store the right items: fast movers, predicted near-term demand, partially assembled orders, or stock creating presentation-time risk. The upstream system keeps running. You just get significantly better performance from it.
Presentation time compressed from 5+ minutes to 2–3 minutes across the same order sizes
Picker count reduced for the same or better output
Upstream automation utilisation rate improved
Based on modelled performance data from a simulated deployment of VersaTile in front of an existing automation system.
Talk to us about your current system →Built in, not bolted on
The put wall comes with the system.
Conventional put walls are separate machines with separate footprints and separate costs. In Matrix, the put wall is a function of the same tiled field — presenting order containers to optimise batch pick without additional hardware. Lower capital outlay, but occupying the same floor space.
From the field
“Versatile's technology has the potential to address a wide range of problems - varying from the returns process, pickers that are waiting for work and consolidation processes. It uniquely enables a high performance warehouse system, in a scalable architecture.”
Lotte Willems — Executive Director for Product and Solutions - Toyota Automated Logistics
Keep exploring
Industry
E-commerce fulfilment →
High-volume eaches picking with unpredictable peaks.
Industry
Returns processing →
Unpredictable volumes, expensive manual handling.
Industry
Kitting & production →
Sequenced presentation for assembly and kitting lines.
Proof
Case studies →
Real deployments with measured results — starting with Wincanton's fivefold pick-rate increase.
See what Matrix can do in your operation.
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