Sector · Fulfilment & e-commerce

Fulfilment automation: end-of-line dispatch without the bottleneck.

Orion MIS designs, builds and installs UK-made fulfilment automation for e-commerce operations — pack-to-sort conveyors, carrier sorting, SLAM lines, pick towers, multipack lines and AMR fleets, with WCS included — proven inside live Amazon fulfilment centres and available on monthly finance.

Pack-to-sort automation, carrier sorting, label, scan and route, dispatch performance data — high-volume mixed SKU fulfilment that flexes with trading peaks without expanding headcount or floor space.

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Fulfilment automation · headline numbers

Proven on live sites

Amazon SLAM lines delivered10
Amazon pick tower · install to live3 days
Octopus Energy AMRs · PO to live3 days
Gompels multipack line15 heads saved
Core product warranty24 months
Entry systems on financefrom ~£4,000/mo

Finance subject to specification & approval

The fulfilment problem

Trading peaks don't scale like headcount does.

High-volume mixed SKU fulfilment has to flex with trading peaks without expanding headcount or floor space. The bottleneck is almost always at the end of the line: pack, label, sort, dispatch.

End of line

Pack, label & dispatch

Box erectors, automatic label print and apply, void-fill and pack-out integration reduce manual touchpoints and improve accuracy through the pack zone — then carrier sorting routes every order to the right dispatch lane.

E-commerce products →

Flow

Conveyor & sortation

Multi-kilometre conveyor with ZLP accumulation control, modular expansion and integrated routing — built to handle the volume of national fulfilment hubs — plus Helix sortation on 200mm cassette modules for carrier and destination sorting.

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Data

Dispatch performance data

Orion WCS handles routing, dispatch zones, peak management and reporting — with live dashboards from day one. It connects directly to existing WMS or transport platforms via REST API or flat-file drop.

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Proof · fulfilment

Live fulfilment sites. Real results.

From ten SLAM lines inside a live Amazon fulfilment centre to an AMR fleet delivered from PO to live in three days.

E-commerce · Amazon Ten Orion SLAM machines — scan, label, apply, manifest — installed in a live Amazon fulfilment centre

Ten SLAM machines, live through peak

Ten state-of-the-art SLAM lines — the fastest in production — manifesting, weighing, printing, applying and verifying labels at full line speed. Orion delivered the complete package on Siemens TIA Portal: mechanical, electrical and software, installed and commissioned inside a live Amazon fulfilment environment without stopping the operation.

10SLAM machines · fastest in production

5Functions per machine — manifest · weigh · print · apply · verify

TIAFull delivery — mech · elec · software

E-commerce · Amazon Multi-level Amazon pick tower with Orion replenishment and takeaway conveyors running the face of the structure

Pick tower live in three days

Pick tower and replenishment conveyors for a live Amazon fulfilment centre — with scan points and decision points routing product through the tower automatically. Installed and commissioned in three days, without stopping the building.

3Days · installed & commissioned

Scan+ decision points · automatic routing

Pick + replenConveyors through a live tower

Healthcare · Gompels Healthcare

Multipack line, 15 heads saved

An all-new outbound line for Gompels Healthcare: a fast multipack process fed by a new lift, routed through multiple diverts, with pack and label application in line — engineered, built and installed by Orion as new equipment.

15Heads saved off the process

In-linePack & label application

All-newLift · multi-divert · pack line

Featured · Octopus Energy

Flexible AMR fleet — from PO to live in 3 days

A custom AMR solution built around Octopus Energy's lean lift-to-dispatch flow. Dynamic route management through a pedestrian-heavy environment, quick-change trolley beds for varied product sizes, safety LIDAR with pause/start, integrated order screens and operator alerting — engineered, built, installed and trained against an extremely tight deadline.

3Days, PO to live

8Operators redeployed

AMRFleet · LIDAR · order screens

Finance & ROI

Fund the line against the labour it replaces.

Many fulfilment operations are already spending the monthly cost of automation on labour, overtime, agency cover and manual rework. Every part of the Orion range can be put on monthly finance — conveyors, Helix sortation, robotics, AMRs, print & apply and WCS — with entry systems typically from £4,000/month on a 60-month term, subject to specification and finance approval. The ROI calculator turns any manual process — packing, labelling, picking, palletising — into an annualised cost and target saving, so the automation case sits next to the current labour line.

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FAQs

Fulfilment automation, asked directly.

The questions fulfilment and e-commerce operations leads actually ask.

How long does installation take?

Smaller conveyor packages can be on site in 6–10 weeks. Full Helix sortation systems typically run 12–25 weeks from order to live, with detailed timelines confirmed in the Functional Design Specification stage. Typical Helix install on site completes in under 4 weeks, with no building extensions or planning permission required.

Can Orion integrate with our existing equipment?

Yes. Most projects involve extending, retrofitting or integrating with legacy conveyor, sortation, scanners or controls. We survey the existing kit first and design around it — rather than ripping out what is already working.

What happens if something breaks at peak?

Cassette modules are designed to be swapped in under 15 minutes with no specialist tools. Recommended spares are included in the proposal so the warehouse keeps running. Backed by a 24-month parts and labour warranty on the core product, with optional service contracts for ongoing cover.

Can fulfilment automation be paid monthly?

Yes — every part of the Orion automation range can be put on monthly finance: conveyors, Helix sortation, robotics, AMRs, print & apply and WCS — turning a CAPEX-heavy automation decision into a monthly OPEX line. Entry systems typically start from £4,000/month on a 60-month term, subject to specification and finance approval.

Next step

Take the bottleneck out before the next peak.

Send your throughput, peak windows and SKU profile — or book a call and talk it through with an engineer. We'll come back with a sized system, an indicative monthly figure and a route forward.

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Finance options available subject to specification and approval. Orion does not promise guaranteed approval — we help build the technical and commercial case alongside the lender.