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The Leader in Beer & Beverage Automation

Delivering the future of warehouse automation.

For over 25 years, Cirrus Tech has been the trusted single-source integrator of intelligent automation, control software, and 24/7/365 US-based support. Our systems are designed to maximize capacity, reduce labor, and minimize costs.

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The Cirrus Tech Advantage

One partner for the whole solution.

We solve mission-critical efficiency and capacity problems with best-in-class software, leading-edge automation, and support that doesn't quit after install. Automate your entire warehouse at once, or phase it in over time.

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Software

Distribution software designed by distribution experts, built for the speed and accuracy of modern beverage operations.

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Automation

Turnkey systems custom-built to your operation, from a single Crane System to a fully automated building.

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World-Class Support & Maintenance

24/7/365 US-based support. An unrivaled support strategy with remote diagnostics to keep you up and running.

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Trusted by distributors nationwide.

See it running

Watch our systems in action.

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Long Beverage · Crane System
Wilsbach Distributors · Crane System
Eagle Rock · Case Picking System
J. J. Taylor · Crane System
Why Cirrus Tech

Reduce touches. Reduce labor. Reduce costs.

Every solution is customized for your challenges, volumes, and throughput rates.

01

Custom Engineered

Each system is customized to your exact requirements, challenges, and growth plan, never a one-size-fits-all approach.

02

Maximum Throughput & Optimal Accuracy

Accelerated throughput and accuracy ensure a timely, efficient way to build orders with less labor and improved delivery flow.

03

Clear Return on Investment

Turnkey automation can deliver quick ROI and immediate benefits to your operation.

04

Less Dependency on Labor

Systems that can run 24/7/365 significantly reduce labor uncertainty and costs.

The Cirrus Tech Crane System
High Volume Storage & Replenishment

Our flagship ASRS (Crane System) efficiently and accurately receives, stores, retrieves, rotates, and replenishes, all while saving footprint, time, and money.

  • Automatically replenished static pick locations at the base of the system
  • Maximizes clear height, going four, five, or six+ pallets high in the same footprint
  • Proven across Anheuser-Busch and Molson-Coors distributors nationwide
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Case Shuttle System
Automated Picking, No Pickers Necessary

Our Case Shuttle System condenses picking operations and streamline order fulfillment, with the ability to accurately pick thousands of SKUs without the need for human labor.

  • Ability to start with less and grow into more
  • No pickers, no walkie riders, and no travel time
  • Integrates with Crane System, robotics, palletizing, and QC with automated stretch wrapping
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Higher Levels of Automation
Full Automation, Built to Grow

Higher Levels of Automation bring the Crane System, Case Shuttle System, robotics, palletizing, and automated stretch wrapping together into one fully integrated system, so the process is streamlined from inbound to outbound.

  • Utilize full automation on day one, or add automation as you grow
  • Scale with your volume and SKU growth to 17M cases per year
  • Designed around your data with real-time simulations included
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How product moves

Cirrus Tech can automate every stage of the journey.

Beer distributors are consolidating, portfolios keep growing, and every acquisition brings more SKUs. Cirrus systems are engineered to maximize capacity, reduce labor, and minimize costs, whether that means gaining space in your existing building, an expansion, or new construction.

ConveyorCrane SystemCase ShuttleQC stretch wrap 1 Receive 2 Store 3 Pick 4 Palletize 5 Ship

Cirrus WCS orchestrates every handoff in real time, one control layer across the whole line.

Managing the entire process, pre-sale to post-implementation.

1 Commit to Automation 2 Design & Analysis 3 Implementation 4 Go-Live 5 Ongoing Support

Our dedicated project managers lead every implementation, from the first conversation to long after go-live.

What our partners say.

The Cirrus Tech Crane System not only saved us from doing a costly expansion, it also helped us organize our warehouse in a manner that put efficiencies in places that we would have never realized by building a new warehouse.
Brad NicholsCEO · Eagle Distributing of Shreveport, Inc.
As we made the decision to expand our warehouse in Milton, Florida, Cirrus Tech was one of our first calls. Given our trusted partnership with the team at Cirrus, enlisting their expertise in automation has been a necessary step in planning for this project. Over the course of several months before locking in on our 3rd Crane System, we also decided to do our diligence on other automation solutions that may have come to market in the last 3 or 4 years, but our research led us right back to the solutions that Cirrus Tech has been so successful with across the industry. Knowing that Cirrus has options for Gulf to continue to grow our automation platform in the future coupled with the strong partnership and exceptional ongoing services gave us tons of confidence in our investment.
Louis MaiselChief Operating Officer · Gulf Distributing Holdings, LLC
By choosing โ€œThe Craneโ€ ASRS System from Cirrus Tech, we have gained efficiencies through our entire warehouse; how we receive, rotate and shuffle back stock, cycle count, pick and replenish pick locations. The real surprise was the efficiencies gained on the load building side. Cirrus Tech's โ€œCrane,โ€ Cirrus WMS and Cirrus Directed Picking have helped us in all areas of the warehouse.
Jose RiveraVP of Administration · J. J. Taylor Companies, Inc.
Choosing Cirrus Tech to implement, manage and support our Cirrus Automated Case Picking System has turned out to be one of the best decisions we've ever made. Cirrus Tech's commitment to partnership, coupled with their exceptional 24/7 support is best in the industry by a mile. We are proud to be partners with Cirrus Tech.
Nick EconomosPresident · Eagle Rock Distributing Company
The Cirrus Tech Crane System provided our company an opportunity to consolidate an entire warehouse (Norfolk, NE) into the existing warehouse here in Fremont, NE. It will incorporate 15 years of growth while providing less than a 5 year ROI with the efficiencies of the system.
Bruce NelsenCEO · Eagle Distributing, Inc. in Nebraska
The Crane System is the right fit for our operation. We will be able to build the expansion, place The Crane System inside of it and maximize the clear height to go 5 pallets high in the system. Because of the additional space savings, we will be able to absorb another operation into our existing building and still have optimal room for future growth. Cirrus is the industry leader in Crane System implementations in the beverage industry and we look forward to our partnership for years to come.
Rodney LongPresident · Long Beverage, Inc.
We're confident that our new partnership with Cirrus Tech will provide critical support to the realization of our long-term strategic goals. In the near-term, the Cirrus Tech Crane System will play a key role in to our efforts to modernize our warehouse and delivery operations. As we look towards the completion of our new facility, our investment in the Crane System will result in a substantial one-time construction costs savings while providing a platform to realize impressive reoccurring annual warehouse efficiencies.
Frank Sourbeer Jr.President · Wilsbach Distributors, Inc.
With Cirrus Tech's HLA approach to automation, our company is able to take advantage of the best automation for our environment today (The Cirrus Tech Crane System) while giving us a vision and the ability to add components down the road that will provide our warehouse with a nearly fully automated solution. It is exciting to have a road map to full automation that we can grow into over time.
Frank B. Fuhrer IIICEO · Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company
The Cirrus Crane System will increase our available pallet storage significantly. When we take into account the organization and many efficiencies the system will bring, this will be a real game changer for us in our warehouse.
Jeff KnightGeneral Manager · Cherokee Distributing Company

Let's automate your warehouse of the future.

Tell us your challenges, and we can help you increase efficiency, capacity, and productivity. We're only a call or click away.

About Us

We are Cirrus Tech, Inc.

The leader in beer and beverage warehouse automation, and a total solutions provider and comprehensive integrator of material handling systems, delivering world-class products, services, and support for over 25 years.

Our Mission

Best-in-class systems, built on common sense.

From product retrieval and storage to material flow, rotation, real-time inventory, and order fulfillment, Cirrus Tech builds sustainable, fully automated hardware and software solutions that scale to any warehouse or distribution center.

Each Cirrus Tech system is based on an in-depth, collaborative analysis of each client's data, processes, operations, facility, and business objectives.

Over25
years delivering the future
Family owned

A family business, built on relationships.

Cirrus Tech is a family-owned company, and we run it the way you'd hope a family business would. We answer the phone, we stand behind what we build, and we invest in relationships that last for decades, not just the length of a project.

Our roots are in Kearney, Nebraska, and those values show up in how we treat people, our team, our clients, and the communities we're part of. When you partner with Cirrus, you're working directly with the people who care most about your success, not a faceless vendor. That's a big reason so many of our clients come back for their 2nd and 3rd systems.

Our Evolution

Innovators in automated storage & replenishment.

2012

The first Cirrus Crane System

Cirrus designed the first-ever Crane System with automatic replenishment for the beverage industry at Eagle Distributing of Shreveport, solving a capacity crunch caused by SKU proliferation and brand acquisitions, without building an expansion.

Read the Eagle story →
Growth

Proven across the majors

Automated systems now run in nine Anheuser-Busch and nine Molson-Coors distributors, coast to coast, from Long Beverage in North Carolina to Heimark Distributing in California.

Today

Higher Levels of Automation

With the HLA framework, distributors automate the entire warehouse at once or phase it in over time to maximize ROI and map a road to full automation.

Where we are

Proudly headquartered in Kearney, Nebraska, with regional offices in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Headquarters

Kearney, Nebraska

412 W. 48th St. Ste. 6
Kearney, NE 68845

Regional office

Raleigh, North Carolina

Service area

Distributors nationwide

From a single crane to a fully automated building, we serve beverage distributors and retailers across the country.

Giving
Back
community first
In the community

Giving back is a cornerstone.

We fund a scholarship at the University of Nebraska Kearney's Industrial Distribution Department and support causes close to home and country:

  • Rae of Hope ยท Rowe Sanctuary ยท Crane River Theater
  • Ducks Unlimited ยท Operation One Voice
  • Wounded Warriors in Action ยท Victory Junction

Want to know what we can do for your warehouse?

Let's talk about your operation, your data, and your goals.

The Cirrus Tech Advantage

Developing value for your business.

We're dedicated to warehouse solutions that exceed expectations. Every system blends leading-edge automation, top-tier software, and expert consultative services, all backed by world-class support.

How we work

A consultative approach, end-to-end.

Automation & Common Sense

While every solution has advantages, we'll never recommend one that doesn't make good business sense for your operation.

Our Approach

Every system starts with a deep, collaborative analysis of your data, processes, facility, and business objectives.

World-Class Support

24/7/365 support that's best in the industry by a mile, a partner that stands behind every system long after install.

Customer-centric by design

A business partner that cares about your company.

We provide a diverse range of integrated automated systems tailored to the unique needs of your warehouse, and we're passionate about finding every way to save you time and money.

  • Leading-edge automation & top-tier software
  • Expert consultative services
  • A clear, defensible return on investment
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World-Class Support

Support that doesn't quit after install.

Our clients consistently tell us it sets us apart. Here's what stands behind every Cirrus Tech system. See the full Lifetime Partnership page

24/7/365 Availability

Around-the-clock support, every day of the year. When your warehouse is running, so are we, because downtime isn't an option in distribution.

Remote Diagnostics

We monitor and troubleshoot your system remotely, resolving many issues before they ever reach your floor, and dispatching fast when hands-on service is needed.

A True Partnership

We stand behind what we build for the life of the system. Many clients return for their 2nd and 3rd Cirrus solutions because the relationship doesn't end at install.

Build a high-performance, more profitable warehouse.

We'll deliver a customized, turnkey solution with a strong ROI.

Warehouse Automation

Reduce touches. Reduce labor. Reduce costs.

The Cirrus Tech Crane System, our flagship High Volume Storage and Replenishment solution, efficiently and accurately receives, stores, retrieves, rotates, and replenishes, all while saving footprint, time, and money.

01

Custom Engineered

Each system is customized to your exact requirements, challenges, and growth plan, never a one-size-fits-all approach.

02

Maximum Throughput & Optimal Accuracy

Accelerated throughput and accuracy ensure a timely, efficient way to build orders with less labor and improved delivery flow.

03

Clear Return on Investment

Turnkey automation can deliver quick ROI and immediate benefits to your operation.

04

Less Dependency on Labor

Systems that can run 24/7/365 significantly reduce labor uncertainty and costs.

The Cirrus Automation Portfolio

From a single crane to a fully automated building.

Flagship ASRS

The Cirrus Tech Crane System

High-volume storage and replenishment that receives, stores, retrieves, rotates, and replenishes, saving footprint, time, and money.

Roadmap

Higher Levels of Automation (HLA)

Automate the entire warehouse at once, or phase it in over time to maximize ROI and scale to full automation.

Picking

Case Shuttle System

Automated picking that condenses operations and builds orders accurately, with no pickers, walkie riders, or travel time.

Movement

Conveyor Solutions

Conveyor systems that move product through the building with speed and precision.

Outbound

Automatic Stretch Wrappers

Consistent, hands-free load wrapping that protects product and prepares it for shipping.

Integration

System Integration

As an end-to-end integrator, we tie every component into one cohesive, controlled system.

The full flow

How it all connects.

Every stage is orchestrated by Cirrus WCS as one control layer.

ConveyorCrane SystemCase ShuttleQC stretch wrap 1 Receive 2 Store 3 Pick 4 Palletize 5 Ship
Higher Levels of Automation

A road map you can grow into.

You do not have to automate everything at once. The Cirrus HLA approach lets you automate in phases, on your schedule, with each phase making good business sense on its own. Click a stage.

See it in action

The Cirrus Tech Crane System at work.

The Crane System at Long Beverage in Raleigh, NC: maximized clear height and 84 automatically replenished pick locations.

Long Beverage · Crane System
A letter from our owner

The Case for Full Automation

SKU proliferation, labor shortages, and consolidation have transformed the beer wholesaler world. Darrell Dunham, President and CEO, makes the case for Higher Levels of Automation.

Read the letter

Let us transform your operation.

Learn how a Cirrus Tech turnkey solution fits your warehouse.

Warehouse Software

Distribution software designed by distribution experts.

Customizable, flexible, and powerful solutions for increasing productivity and inventory accuracy in your warehouse or distribution center.

Control

Cirrus WCS

A warehouse control system that monitors, manages, and improves beverage operations with a seamless interface to your material handling equipment.

Management

Cirrus WMS

Real-time control, visibility, and operational insight across your entire distribution center, receiving, storing, picking, replenishing, packing, and shipping.

Fulfillment

Cirrus Directed Picking

Lean, mobile barcode-driven picking that drives accuracy up and delivers ROI typically within two years of investment.

Quality

Cirrus QC Station

Quality-control checkpoints that catch errors before product ever leaves the building.

Controls

Cirrus PLC Programming

Custom PLC programming that drives and coordinates your automated equipment reliably.

Integration

Cirrus Software Integration

Cirrus connects cleanly to the systems you already run, so data flows end to end without rekeying.

Because every case counts™

Total control over every inventory process.

Gain total control over receiving, storing, picking, replenishing, packing, and shipping, all built for the speed and volume of today's beverage operations.

Request a consultation

Put Cirrus software to work.

Let's talk through how Cirrus software fits your operation.

Industry Experience

Proven across the industries that move fast.

We've designed, installed, and supported turnkey material handling systems for companies in every kind of warehouse environment.

Our specialty

Beverage

Whether you need more space or want to process orders more efficiently, our Cirrus WMS, Directed Picking, Case Shuttle System, and Cirrus Tech Crane System are built for exactly that.

By combining proven technologies with seamless integration, we help your company reach new levels of efficiency and profitability, and make your wholesale operation significantly more competitive year over year.

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Also serving

Industries we know.

E-Commerce

High-velocity order fulfillment systems built for accuracy and speed at scale.

Explore e-commerce →

Health & Beauty

Precision fulfillment for SKU-dense catalogs, trusted by national retailers like Ulta.

Explore health & beauty →

Life Sciences

Controlled, accurate, traceable handling for products where every detail matters.

Explore life sciences →

Retail Distribution

Warehouse control and automation for retailers like Foot Locker.

Explore retail distribution →
Retail & distribution

High-velocity systems, built to scale.

Conveyor, sortation, and control systems that keep high-volume retail distribution fast and accurate, for partners like Foot Locker.

Whatever you move, we can automate it.

Success Stories

Real systems. Real results.

From a single crane in 2012 to fully automated buildings today, here's what partnership with Cirrus Tech looks like.

Watch

Our systems in action.

Real Cirrus Tech installations, in our partners' own words.

Cirrus Tech · Company Video
Long Beverage · Crane System
Wilsbach Distributors · Crane System
J. J. Taylor · Crane System
Eagle Rock · Case Picking System
Eagle Distributing of Nebraska · Crane System
In their words

What our partners say.

"The Cirrus Tech Crane System not only saved us from doing a costly expansion, it also helped us organize our warehouse in a manner that put efficiencies in places that we would have never realized by building a new warehouse."

Brad NicholsCEO · Eagle Distributing of Shreveport, Inc.

"As we made the decision to expand our warehouse in Milton, Florida, Cirrus Tech was one of our first calls. Given our trusted partnership with the team at Cirrus, enlisting their expertise in automation has been a necessary step in planning for this project. Over the course of several months before locking in on our 3rd Crane System, we also decided to do our diligence on other automation solutions that may have come to market in the last 3 or 4 years, but our research led us right back to the solutions that Cirrus Tech has been so successful with across the industry. Knowing that Cirrus has options for Gulf to continue to grow our automation platform in the future coupled with the strong partnership and exceptional ongoing services gave us tons of confidence in our investment."

Louis MaiselChief Operating Officer · Gulf Distributing Holdings, LLC

"Choosing Cirrus Tech to implement, manage and support our Cirrus Automated Case Picking System has turned out to be one of the best decisions we've ever made. Cirrus Tech's commitment to partnership, coupled with their exceptional 24/7 support is best in the industry by a mile. We are proud to be partners with Cirrus Tech."

Nick EconomosPresident · Eagle Rock Distributing Company

"We're confident that our new partnership with Cirrus Tech will provide critical support to the realization of our long-term strategic goals. In the near-term, the Cirrus Tech Crane System will play a key role in to our efforts to modernize our warehouse and delivery operations. As we look towards the completion of our new facility, our investment in the Crane System will result in a substantial one-time construction costs savings while providing a platform to realize impressive reoccurring annual warehouse efficiencies."

Frank Sourbeer Jr.President · Wilsbach Distributors, Inc.

"The Cirrus Crane System will increase our available pallet storage significantly. When we take into account the organization and many efficiencies the system will bring, this will be a real game changer for us in our warehouse."

Jeff KnightGeneral Manager · Cherokee Distributing Company

"By choosing โ€œThe Craneโ€ ASRS System from Cirrus Tech, we have gained efficiencies through our entire warehouse; how we receive, rotate and shuffle back stock, cycle count, pick and replenish pick locations. The real surprise was the efficiencies gained on the load building side. Cirrus Tech's โ€œCrane,โ€ Cirrus WMS and Cirrus Directed Picking have helped us in all areas of the warehouse."

Jose RiveraVP of Administration · J. J. Taylor Companies, Inc.

"The Crane System is the right fit for our operation. We will be able to build the expansion, place The Crane System inside of it and maximize the clear height to go 5 pallets high in the system. Because of the additional space savings, we will be able to absorb another operation into our existing building and still have optimal room for future growth. Cirrus is the industry leader in Crane System implementations in the beverage industry and we look forward to our partnership for years to come."

Rodney LongPresident · Long Beverage, Inc.

"The Cirrus Tech Crane System provided our company an opportunity to consolidate an entire warehouse (Norfolk, NE) into the existing warehouse here in Fremont, NE. It will incorporate 15 years of growth while providing less than a 5 year ROI with the efficiencies of the system."

Bruce NelsenCEO · Eagle Distributing, Inc. in Nebraska

"With Cirrus Tech's HLA approach to automation, our company is able to take advantage of the best automation for our environment today (The Cirrus Tech Crane System) while giving us a vision and the ability to add components down the road that will provide our warehouse with a nearly fully automated solution. It is exciting to have a road map to full automation that we can grow into over time."

Frank B. Fuhrer IIICEO · Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company
Beverage ยท Origin Story

Eagle Distributing of Shreveport

In 2012, SKU proliferation and brand acquisitions pushed EDS to capacity, facing over $5,000,000 in expansion costs. Cirrus designed the first-ever beverage Crane System, an ASRS with automatic replenishment that added 1,400 more pallets in the same space and is still driving efficiencies today.

Read the case study →
Beverage ยท Phased Automation

Wilsbach Distributors

Frank Sourbeer Jr. chose the Crane System for Phase 1: 6 full-time employees in labor savings, overtime cut from 10 hours per employee per week to 1, and a less than 3-year ROI. Phase 2 adds a Case Shuttle System.

Read the case study →
Health & Beauty · National Retailer

Ulta

Cirrus replaced Ulta's printed pick lists with directed, cart-based fulfillment, cutting operator walking by 25% and letting them pick up to 8 stores at a time instead of one.

Read the case study →

Your story could be next.

Let's talk about the results we can deliver in your warehouse.

News & Events

Where you'll find Cirrus Tech.

Come say hello at the industry's biggest beverage and distribution events this year.

Upcoming events ยท 2026

See you on the road.

Oct 11-14

89th Annual NBWA Convention

Orlando, FL
Nov 9-11

13th Annual NBWA Next Gen. Conference

San Diego, CA
Latest news

Recent signings & milestones.

Signing

Heimark Distributing joins the family

Heimark Distributing has selected Cirrus Tech for their Southern California operation, extending Cirrus installations coast to coast, from North Carolina to California.

See our clients →
Signing

Gulf Distributing, 3rd Cirrus solution

Gulf Distributing Holdings selected the Cirrus Tech Crane System for their Florida panhandle operation, their 3rd Cirrus automated solution in under five years.

Explore the Crane System →
Video

Long Beverage Crane System

A Crane System in Raleigh, NC that maximizes clear height, with 84 automatically replenished pick locations, built for storage and annual efficiency gains.

Watch the video →
Video

Wilsbach Phase 1 & 2

Frank Sourbeer Jr. on why he chose the Crane System for Phase 1 and his plan to add a Case Shuttle System in Phase 2.

Watch the video →

Meeting at a show? Let's plan it.

Contact Us

Let's get efficient. It's what we do.

Book your free consultation and tell us how we can help you increase efficiency, capacity, and productivity in your warehouse. We're only a call or click away.

Our Clients

Partners, not just customers.

We don't just install systems, we build lasting partnerships. Many of our clients return for their 2nd and 3rd Cirrus solutions, and we look forward to those relationships for years to come.

Who we work with

Trusted by distributors and retailers nationwide.

A track record of trust

Proven across nine Anheuser-Busch and nine Molson-Coors distributors.

From Long Beverage in North Carolina to Heimark Distributing in California, coast to coast.

From a distributor's first Crane System to their third, we earn repeat business the same way every time: consultative design, dependable systems, and world-class support and partnership that's meant to last.

Become a Cirrus partner.

Let's talk about the results we can deliver in your warehouse.

Lifetime Partnership · Upgrades & Modernization

Your system, built to grow with you.

A Cirrus Tech system is not a fixed purchase you outgrow. As your volume grows or new technology becomes available, we upgrade what you already have instead of asking you to start over.

Design & Analysis
See the system in your building before it's built

Every upgrade starts the same way a new system does: built around your data, with real-time simulation included. Before anything is installed, we can show you a 3D rendering of the system in your actual building, not a generic layout.

  • Built around your data, with real-time simulation included.
  • 3D layout renderings show the system in your actual building before anything is installed.
  • Automate in phases, or go fully automated in one project.

Why this matters

Cirrus Tech systems are built for a 15-20+ year system life, and a lot changes over that time. Understanding your business plan for the next 5 years, 10 years, and 20 years is part of the same planning that goes into the system itself. A system that cannot evolve with your operation eventually puts you back where you started: facing an expansion or a replacement, instead of the next phase.

How Cirrus approaches it

This is the same phased thinking behind our Higher Levels of Automation road map. Wilsbach Distributors is living it right now: Phase 1 was a Crane System, and Phase 2 adds a Case Shuttle System next, built on top of what is already there rather than replacing it. When we design a system, we design it to carry into whatever comes next.

What upgrades actually look like

An upgrade is not necessarily a new system. Sometimes it is adding a second crane to an existing Crane System as volume grows. Sometimes it is adding layer picking to increase throughput beyond the base rate. Sometimes it is a Case Shuttle System built alongside a Crane System that was designed to accommodate one. The shape of the upgrade depends on what the evaluation says your operation needs next, the same process we run for a new system, applied to what you already have.

The phased approach

Most Cirrus Tech systems are designed with future phases in mind from day one. Here is what that progression looks like.

Phase 1

Establish the foundation

A Crane System (or other primary automation) built on an evaluation of your current SKU profile, volume, and facility, designed from the start to support what comes next.

Phase 2

Expand what is already there

Layer picking, a Case Shuttle System alongside the Crane System, or additional cranes, installed on top of the existing infrastructure rather than replacing it. Wilsbach Distributors is living this right now.

Phase 3

Higher Levels of Automation

Full automation across the entire picking operation, including automated case picking, palletizing, and integration across every stage from receive to ship.

Let's talk about where your system could go next.

Whether that is a targeted upgrade or the next phase of a bigger plan, we will look at what you have and what makes sense from here.

Lifetime Partnership · Training Programs

We don't hand you a manual and walk away.

An automated system is only as good as the people running it. Our team works alongside yours on the floor, not just a manual handed off at install, until every operator is trained and comfortable running the system.

How We Approach Training

Managed start to finish, on your floor, with your team.

We manage implementation from start to finish, so training is part of the process, not an afterthought. The people who know your system best train the people who will run it.

On-Site with Your Team

Our team trains alongside yours, on your equipment, in your building, until every operator is comfortable running the system on their own.

Software Installation & Documentation

Implementation services include software installation, on-site training, process development, and documentation, an important hand-off for a successful launch.

Managed Start to Finish

We coordinate implementation timing on purpose. A crew that has not been through training does not get a second first impression.

What a smooth go-live looks like
Here's what a successful launch requires on both sides.
  • Commit to the process, from kickoff through go-live
  • Assign a project manager on your side as our main point of contact
  • Identify what needs to be done early, and communicate along the way
  • Assign key responsibilities to your staff before the system arrives
  • Study manuals and procedures to get comfortable before go-live
  • Stick with the go-live date so training happens in a live environment
On-Site
Until you are ready

Let's talk about what training looks like for your team.

Every operation is different, and so is the crew running it. Let's talk through what your team needs.

Lifetime Partnership · Spare Parts

A part failure shouldn't mean extended downtime.

Critical spares on hand and ready to ship, so a single failed component doesn't turn into days of lost productivity.

How We Handle Parts

A parts plan built for your system before you ever need it.

Custom automated equipment is not something you can pick up from a local supplier. The time to plan for a part failure is before it happens, not after.

Start-Up Parts Package

Start-up parts packages are customized to your site at installation, so the most critical spares are on hand before your first incident.

Warranty Coverage

Parts are backed by warranty. If something fails prematurely, that is on us, not you. Hardware and software support across the whole system.

24/7 Availability

When something does fail and you need hands on it fast, 24/7 support means we can dispatch quickly rather than waiting for business hours.

What the plan covers
Critical and high-risk parts, identified for your system specifically.

A single point of contact covers all Cirrus-supplied components, hardware and software, for the life of the system. We work with you to identify the critical and high-risk parts specific to your system, so the right spares are on hand rather than something you are sourcing cold in the middle of an outage.

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Any time, any failure

Let's build a parts plan for your system.

The right plan depends on what you are running. Let's look at your system and make sure you are covered.

Lifetime Partnership · Preventative Maintenance

Catching wear before it becomes downtime.

Cirrus Tech systems are built for a 15-20+ year system life. Preventative maintenance is how that promise actually gets kept.

Lifetime Partnership · EMS Team

Preventative maintenance is a promise, not a product.

The same team that installs your system is the team that maintains it. We know your system specifically, not a generic version of it.