Intralogistic Systems
The Intralogistic Systems Product Group (ISPG) addresses both single materials handling products and complete turnkey systems. It focuses on automation, controls (OT) and software (IT), and integration of several types of materials handling equipment into one integrated system. It is open to system integrators and suppliers of complete systems (companies signing turnkey contracts) as well as suppliers of components and sub-systems thereof. The Product Group covers different types of systems:
- Automated order fulfillment, transportation, sortation and shipping systems, enabling fast and reliable handling of products, parcels and orders in sortation and distribution centres, in order to handle incoming and outgoing flows to and from different locations.
- Complex baggage handling systems enabling baggage to be transported automatically to the collecting point of the relevant plane and back to the passenger baggage collection point.
- Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), enabling productivity improvements by optimising the flows of manufacturing and logistic processes through autonomous reliable systems.
- Automated storage and retrieval systems supporting the order fulfilment processes and enabling optimised management of the storage.
The Product Group consists of manufacturers from Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.
- Provide an international forum to elaborate on technical and business matters
- Provide statistical data to share market trends
- Develop technical guidance at European level
- Define interface and communication standards
- Define consistent technical language
- Monitor and support FEM Central’s advocacy activities on regulatory issues of interest to the Product Group
- Give guidance to manufacturers on existing European legislation.
FEM ISPG guideline for Digitalisation and Cyber Security
The ISPG is developing a FEM guideline which acknowledges the interests of both material handling automation providers (FEM ISPG companies) and the warehouse owners / operator (the customers of the FEM ISPG companies) to provide a mutual agreeable basis for warehouse / project specific regulations for:
- remote system access
- access and usage of data and restrictions thereof
- roles and responsibilities for security
White paper on FEM 9.222 and VDI 4486 (Operational Performance Availability)
FEM9.222 and VDI4486 are partially overlapping in scope. This whitepaper, under development, will provide recommendations as regards the question “which one to apply when?”.
Monitoring and support to FEM central on Digital topics and Machinery Regulation
The ISPG is currently monitoring the implementation of the new Machinery Regulation and the development of key digital files, such as the Cyber Resilience Act, Artificial Intelligence Act and Data Act. The group also provides feedback to FEM central on these key topics when relevant.
Technical documents
See section Publications, Technical Guidance, subsection, Storage and Retrieval Machines
Guidance and positions
Statistics for S/R Machines
Active companies
