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Alfacon Solutions is an automation solutions provider, working closely with customers to design and implement solutions that will optimize the efficiency and productivity of an operation, according to John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions. As the role of automation solutions is changing and rapidly impacting material handling challenges, Murdoch suggested some guidelines. An experienced sales and engineering team will design a unique solution or work with pre-existing specifications. Solutions are designed to utilize industry-leading technologies and best practices.

Retail Distribution and order fulfillment centers are a core part of Alfacon Solutions business. According to John Murdoch, CEO, "Fast moving inventory, SKU management, and a wide array of products create complex material handling challenges for distribution centers. Developing order fulfillment solutions from the ground up is critical and results in unique turn-key solution designs for distribution centers combining the latest technologies and design innovation, and apply them to customers' requirements."

Alfacon Solutions worked with Kuntz Electroplating Inc. (KEI) to modernize its chrome plating lines. John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, recently explained they reduced overall touch points by 60 percent in a newly published article in Robotics and Automation News.

John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions recently shared how more and more conveyor products are unique, one-of-a-kind, engineered-to-order (ETO). Unlike most conveyor manufacturers who have pre-fabricated SKU and off-the shelf products, there is a recognition that manufacturers and distribution centers require special solutions.

Alfacon Solutions worked with Kuntz Electroplating Inc. (KEI) to modernize its chrome plating lines. John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, recently explained they reduced overall touch points by 60 percent in a newly published article in Robotics and Automation News.

CEO John Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. Murdoch recently explained how conveyors are a core component of all material handling or automation systems in the new issue of Automation and Controls Today magazine.

Manufacturers across a wide variety of industry sectors are avoiding outsourcing of fabrication, saving money with solutions designed, manufactured, and managed by Alfacon Solutions. To complement the company's line of standard material handling products, the Canadian company also manufactures auxiliary items in a full-service fabrication shop. According to John Murdoch, CEO, "In many cases, our clients require support structures and structural steel pieces to suit specific applications."

According to John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, "Material flow is essentially mapping the journey that materials take from the time the material is received at the manufacturing site to the point when customers actually receive the finished product. The material flow must be recorded at various stages throughout its journey. The creation of value stream map (VSM) identifies waste and identifies bottlenecks. Far more than simple conveyors, many engineer-to-order solutions combine best-practice, lean manufacturing technologies allowing manufacturers to view the amount of stocks, materials, and components that are stored at any particular time. Excess storage of components and raw materials require lighting, security, and additional resources which do not add value to the process."

Alfacon Solutions Senior Project Manager, David Archibald manages the Alfacon Project Management group. Archibald guides the Alfacon Solutions' team through a proven methodology. This process defines specific phases that are completed in sequence to assure successful implementation of all projects.

Alfacon Solutions supplies and installs a wide variety of roller conveyors. Ranging from light duty gravity roller conveyors to heavy duty pallet handling roller conveyors, there are many to consider when utilizing roller conveyor systems verses many other standard conventional types of conveyors.