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Kiva Systems ranks #6 on 2009’s Inc. 500
list of the fastest growing companies in America.

• Kiva Systems: Artificial Intelligence
  Retail Merchandiser
  February 2010
  This solutions provider has developed innovative technology that allows retail merchandisers to pick and pack orders faster and more accurately. Woburn, Mass.-based solutions provider Kiva Systems has developed innovative technology that’s brought automated order fulfillment to a whole new level for retail merchandisers. CEO Mick Mountz, who founded the company in 2003, said that from the beginning, the team at Kiva has been wholly focused on solving the supply chain issues of retail merchandisers.
  
  
  
• Warehousing and Distribution Centers: Zappos.com goes Space Age
  Logistics Management
  February 1, 2009
  
  
• Bot-In-Time Delivery
  Forbes Magazine
  March 16, 2009
  
  
  
• How Kiva Robots Help Zappos and Walgreens
  Businessweek
  April 16, 2009
  
  
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  Kiva was recently featured on The Works, Robot episode
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• Latest generation of robotic solutions is making DCs more efficient
  NRF STORES.org
  June 2008
  With the cost of technology decreasing and the need for operating efficiencies increasing, robotic solutions are becoming attractive options for retailers. From warehousing to order-picking and distribution, robots can eliminate the need for some labor, maximize distribution efficiencies and even create a more enjoyable warehouse work environment
• Mobile fulfillment system breaks through traditional DC design tradeoffs
  Distribution Center Management Newsletter
  May 2008
  When designing a material handling system, DC managers are often told they can't have their cake and eat it too. In traditional design, managers must frequently make trade-off decisions between speed and efficiency, speed and accuracy, speed and flexibility, and many others.
  Online retailer Zappos.com wasn't willing to make any of those tradeoffs. Zappos ships its products directly to the consumer, which means its distribution center in Shapherdsville, KY is essentially its store
• Fulfillment: The Unexpected Key to Successful E-Commerce
  E-Commerce Times
  February 11, 2008
  Fulfillment operations should not only be fast and efficient in the DC -- they should increase speed and efficiency of the downstream distribution process. For example, e-commerce fulfillment operations should be able to palletize orders with delivery truck routes in mind, and orders should "picked to plan-o-gram" of destination stores -- without additional capital expense, labor content or cycle time.

• Staples’ robotic retrievers offer new take on break-pack picking
• Staples: A DC like no other
• How Staples does replenishment
• How Staples does picking
  Modern Materials Handling
  July 1, 2007
• Optimization is a four-letter word
  Supply & Demand Chain Executive
  July 19, 2006
  Have you ever ordered a product online and chosen free shipping? It feels good to save that $8 until you get the confirmation e-mail stating that your order will be shipped in five to nine business days. That's optimization — it almost always comes at the expense of some other metric.

Xconomy Forum: What’s Your Breakthrough Idea?
March 29, 2010
Seattle, WA
Mick Mountz, Kiva CEO and Founder will be a featured speaker at this event.

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