Opex Corp., a family-owned company providing solutions for warehouse, document and mail automation, said July 17 it is launching its Cortex Sort-to-Order software platform.
The system is designed to provide greater functionality for the company’s sortation solutions. The software suite unlocks the management capabilities of the company’s Sure Sort and Sure Sort X warehouse automation systems by optimizing bin assignments, reducing fulfillment time, improving order accuracy, providing real-time analytics, and enabling direct communication with existing warehouse and order-management systems.
“We’re continuously looking to improve upon our portfolio of offerings, and Cortex S2O does just that,” said Alex Stevens, president, warehouse automation, Opex. “This new software suite significantly elevates the operational experience for associates and is a turnkey integrated solution for our customers. It enables businesses to work smarter and faster, and better ensures that every order fulfilled is complete, accurate, and on time.”
The software platform manages workflows and order fulfillment through what the company says is “an intelligent, user-friendly interface, enabling seamless integration between Opex Sure Sort or Opex Sure Sort X with any warehouse management system or order management system.”
With Cortex S2O, each system operator has their own dedicated application, which can run on a wrist computer, enabling operators to scan, check out complete orders, and replenish sort destinations by checking in new containers to the sort location.
The system manages bin assignments—strategically splitting and positioning orders to balance machine performance and enabling business logic to be applied to the sort location, while unlocking operator productivity.
It includes an override function for manual bin assignments when needed and allows items that cannot be processed on the machine to still be sorted in the automated putwall by virtually moving the inventory.
The software suite steers operators through quality audits and scenarios such as missing items. With its built-in inspection and proactive quality control audits, businesses can effectively prevent incomplete or incorrect orders, reduce return rates and the associated costs.
Opex is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025 under the multigenerational ownership and leadership of the Stevens family. The Moorestown-based company has 1,600 employees at facilities in Pennsauken; Texas; France; Germany; Switzerland; the United Kingdom; and Australia.
