Scalable Warehouse Automation from OPEX

About this episode

This episode discusses scalable warehouse automation with John Sauer of OPEX, focusing on flexible systems and deployment strategies.

Warehouse operators are under pressure to grow without expanding their footprint. In this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin Lawton speaks with John Sauer of OPEX live from MODEX 2026. The conversation explores how OPEX is approaching scalable warehouse automation through flexible goods-to-person systems, faster deployment timelines, and new automation capabilities inside existing facilities. The discussion highlights the ways warehouses are balancing throughput, storage densit...

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Lawton

Guest: John Sauer

Topics covered

• warehouse automation
• scalable systems
• goods-to-person
• deployment timelines
• existing facilities

Keywords

• warehouse operators
• automation
• OPEX
• MODEX 2026
• goods-to-person systems
• throughput
• storage density

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Organizations: OPEX

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