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FORTNA Named in the Inaugural Gartner® Market Guide for Warehouse Automation Partners

December 12, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (12 Dec. 2024) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, has been recognized in the inaugural Gartner® Market Guide for Warehouse Automation Partners, published on 2 December 2024. Within the Market Guide, Gartner analysts Abdil Tunca and Dwight Klappich define the warehouse automation partners market as “boutique consultants, systems integrators (SIs) and material handling companies that help organizations evaluate and select the most appropriate warehouse automation solution for their application.”

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FORTNA Announces Strategic Global Partnerships with Packsize and Sitma

December 3, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (3 Dec. 2024) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, is pleased to announce new strategic partnerships with Packsize and Sitma. These partnerships expand FORTNA’s capabilities to deliver innovative end-of-line packaging solutions that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and promote sustainability for its customers.

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Moen and FORTNA Celebrate the Opening of New North Las Vegas Greenfield Distribution Centre

10 October 2024

ATLANTA (10 Oct. 2024) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, in collaboration with Moen, a prominent brand of Fortune Brands Innovations, today opened a state-of-the-art distribution centre in North Las Vegas utilising a FORTNA-designed AutoStore solution. This ribbon-cutting event marks a significant milestone in optimising operations on the west coast for Moen.

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Randa Apparel & Accessories Selects FORTNA to Modernize Dallas-Fort Worth Warehouse

8 October 2024

ATLANTA (8 Oct. 2024) – Randa Apparel & Accessories (RAA), one of the world's leading fashion apparel and lifestyle accessories companies, today announced a strategic partnership with FORTNA, the leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, to modernise their recently acquired Dallas-Fort Worth 625,000 square foot warehouse. This collaboration aims to modernise the facility to meet contemporary demands, enhancing operational efficiency and productivity.

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FORTNA Named in Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supply Chain Execution Technologies, 2024

August 15, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (Aug. 15, 2024) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, has been recognized in the 2024 Gartner Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Execution Technologies report. The recognition names FORTNA in the Digital Twins, Warehouse Execution Systems (WES), and Warehouse Simulation and Modeling technology categories.

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FORTNA WES™ Key to Unlocking Value of Brownfield Warehouses, Research States

July 24, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (24 July 2024) - The 2024 supply chain landscape is witnessing a significant shift towards brownfield warehousing, states the report titled 'Navigating Warehouse Space Challenges in 2024: Unlocking the Value of Brownfield Warehouses' from Bart De Muynck, LLC, a consultancy providing strategic advice on supply chains including focuses on strategy, leadership and technology. FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, is leading the charge by automating brownfield processes to enhance cost savings and efficiencies.

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FORTNA OptiSweep™ Wins Automated Sortation System of the Year

June 13, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (13 June 2024) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announces recognition of the company’s OptiSweep solution as Automated Sortation System of the Year in the third annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards. The innovative solution leverages FORTNA WCS™ software, specially designed hardware and Geekplus mobile robots to automate what is typically a labour-intensive process in high-volume eCommerce and parcel distribution centers. This year’s edition of the SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards received thousands of entries, with winners selected across a range of categories including eCommerce logistics, digital freight shipping, inventory management, and more.

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FORTNA Named in Latest Gartner® Technology Trends Transforming Warehouse Research

May 22, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (May 22, 2024) - FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, has been named in the Warehouse Execution System (WES) category in the 2024 Gartner Technology Trends Transforming Warehousing - Part 2: Handling Volatility & Complexity report. Published on April 10, 2024, the report, as per our understanding, highlights key technologies set to revolutionize warehousing, underscoring the necessity for organizations to adopt more sophisticated, constraint-based optimization tools for a competitive environment.

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FORTNA Goods-to-Person Calculator Helping Companies Understand Automation Investment

April 23, 2024

ATLANTA (23 April 2024) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced the launch of its innovative Goods-to-Person (GTP) e-Commerce Assessment Calculator. This cutting-edge tool provides businesses across industries with a comprehensive analysis of potential labour savings achievable by integrating goods-to-person technologies.

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Kathleen Phelps to Join FORTNA as Chief Financial Officer

April 10, 2024

ATLANTA, GA (10 April 2024) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced the appointment of Kathleen Phelps as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for FORTNA.

Kathleen brings twenty years of financial leadership experience with global multi-billion-dollar businesses and offers a robust background of driving seamless enterprise integrations, systems implementations and organisational transformations. She is passionate about working across functions to foster a unified culture and achieve business objectives.

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FORTNA Launches OptiSweep Robotic Solution

11 March 2024

ATLANTA (11 March 2024) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announced the launch of FORTNA OptiSweep, a robotic solution to automate the consolidation and transportation of small orders away from sortation systems in high-volume eCommerce and sortation distribution centres. This innovative solution automates what is typically a labour-intensive process by using Geek+ robots to collect orders from sorter divert locations and bring them to specially designed goods-to-person locations to deposit orders for bulk consolidation and outbound processes. FORTNA WCS™ software and its proprietary algorithms seamlessly orchestrate the workflow, managing the mobile robots and communicating with the sorter and consolidation stations to maximise efficiency and balance product flow.

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FORTNA and Geek+ Revolutionising Order Fulfillment with Automated Robotics Solutions

2 November 2023

ATLANTA (2 Nov. 2023) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, is thrilled to announce a global strategic partnership with Geek+, a leader in mobile robotics solutions for logistics. The partnership marks a significant milestone in the industry, as two industry leaders join forces to transform the way companies approach order fulfillment, bringing the revolutionary goods-to-person and mobile sortation systems developed by Geek+ to FORTNA customers.

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