VARGO® Hosts First Annual Retailers Roundtable

GREENCREST on September 19, 2025

First-of-Kind Event Sparked High-Level Insights About Continuous Flow

DUBLIN, Ohio (September 19, 2025) — VARGO®, a leading provider of automated material handling systems integration, warehouse execution software, and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, hosted a Retailers Roundtable in Columbus on September 16 and 17. The VARGO® team created this invite-only event for retailers and third party logistics providers to spark high-level insights and foster ongoing empowerment of the fulfillment industry.

Keynote speakers and panelists of the VARGO® Retailers Roundtable included Tom Andersson, Co-Founder of STIQ, Ltd and Christian Dow, EVP of MHI. Andersson presented about how warehouses are evolving into factories of the future and the ever-growing importance of warehouse automation and software among retailers.

Christian Dow, EVP Industry Leadership & Workforce Development at MHI, gave a presentation entitled Pick, Pack & Ship: Optimizing Fulfillment End-to-End which explored why pick-pack-ship means more now than ever, aligning picks with downstream workflows and the critical nature of packaging. He also spoke in detail about the SLAM (Scan, Label, Apply, Manifest) philosophy.

Retailers Roundtable attendees toured a Gap Inc. facility and attended an industry insights presentation by Kevin Kuntz, SVP of Global Logistics, Gap Inc.

Sportscaster and former college football coach Urban Meyer made a cameo appearance at the event in support of the VARGO® mission to use cutting edge technology to help businesses grow smarter, faster, and more efficient.

VARGO® plans to continue hosting the Retailers Roundtable event annually.

“The inspiration behind this event stems from our commitment to creating meaningful connections and sparking new ideas,” said Bart Cera, President and CEO of VARGO®. “Bringing together leaders, innovators, and partners creates an experience that celebrates progress and fosters fresh collaboration and bold thinking. When people meet in the right environment, great things happen—not only for our businesses, but for the entire industry and communities we serve. We’re grateful to all Retailers Roundtable participants for their engaging conversations and to Kevin Kuntz from Gap Inc. for sharing his VARGO® journey.”

VARGO® and Geek+ Partner to Create Game-Changing e-Commerce Automation Solutions

GREENCREST on September 18, 2025

Industry Leaders Join Forces to Increase Flexibility and Efficiency

DUBLIN, Ohio (September 2, 2025) — VARGO®, a leading provider of automated material handling systems integration, warehouse execution software, and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, announced their partnership with Geekplus, a leader in scalable automation solutions. This partnership between two trusted industry leaders brings the innovative robotics solutions of Geekplus to VARGO® customers across multiple industries, facilitated by VARGO®’s highly customized approach and industry leading COFE® Warehouse Execution System (WES).

Well known for its highly flexible and reliable automation technology, Geekplus solutions are trusted by some the world’s largest brands, including UPS, Walmart and Adidas. Together with the VARGO® approach to waveless and continuous order processing, Geekplus goods-to-person and mobile sortation systems offer a unique order fulfillment solution to VARGO® customers. With multiple projects at various stages of planning and deployment, the pair of industry leaders look forward to showcasing how their joint solutions will add flexibility and increased capacity across numerous industries including health and beauty, food and beverage, sporting goods and high-fashion retail.

“Our approach to automation integration requires a great deal of collaboration with our vendor partners to orchestrate workflows across the entire system,” said Robert Nilsson, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at VARGO®. “We know that expectations for maximum efficiency continue to evolve for our e-Commerce customers and we do not shy away from the challenge. Geekplus shares our focus on scalable solutions that optimize labor. By coordinating work activities and implementing the right solutions, our COFE® WES assigns work to the best-fit automation, improving order accuracy and speed and ultimately, customers satisfaction.”

“What sets VARGO apart is their ability to make software changes quickly and efficiently, without having to go back to a third party and wait months for updates.” said Gene Sanders, Head of Channel Management, Geekplus America. “Their world-class WES solution paired with our flexible automation gives current and future customers the reliability and responsiveness our customers need. This partnership is a game-changer for delivering robust, agile automation across industries.”

Simplifying Highly Complex Fulfillment Operations

GREENCREST on July 26, 2025

Today’s e-commerce and omnichannel landscapes face challenges such as faster delivery times, labor shortages, high demand, tariff impacts, and economic uncertainty.

At VARGO®, we believe complexity doesn’t mean confusion. With the intelligent orchestration of COFE®, we add flexibility to fulfillment operations, managing the entire process for fewer silos, increased building throughput, faster order cycles, and more agile execution.

Optimizing Operations Efficiently

Customers are rapidly implementing advanced technologies such as goods-to-person (GTP) systems, robotics and other automated solutions into their fulfillment operations in an effort to satisfy customers while improving efficiency. Without intelligent orchestration, automation leads to bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities to fully capitalize on investments. COFE® excels at managing all activities within the four walls of a fulfillment center, from picking and packing to automation and labor. It integrates systems, people, and processes for a streamlined, real-time optimized operation.

Simplification is Essential to Success

Simplification in fulfillment is no longer a luxury — it’s a competitive necessity. VARGO® delivers the tools, strategies and expertise to orchestrate your fulfillment operations and take your fulfillment to the next level. Is it time to streamline your operations while boosting throughput, lowering processing costs per unit, achieving faster order completion times and spending less on CapEx equipment? Then it’s time to take the next step with VARGO® .

Let’s simplify your fulfillment.

Contact VARGO® today and enable what’s possible.

VARGO® and OPEX® Take Gap Inc. to Highest Peak in Company History

GREENCREST on July 1, 2025

DUBLIN, Ohio (July 1, 2025) — VARGO® a leading automation systems integrator and provider of warehouse execution software for distribution centers, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a collaborative project with its technology partner OPEX® for Gap Inc. Gap, a longstanding client of VARGO®, leveraged COFE® and VARGO®‘s successful experience supplying and integrating intelligent automation. With the implementation of one Sure Sort®, VARGO® was able to boost picking productivity by over 10% and automate the work of five manual put-to-order work stations.

In 2025, VARGO® integrated OPEX® Sure Sort® in one of Gap Inc.’s Gallatin, Tennessee distribution centers. VARGO®‘s continuous flow WES optimizes efficiency by maintaining a steady stream of products to the OPEX® Sure Sort® to maximize the return on automation investments. Not only does it increase efficiency of the operation, but it is also one of the top performing machines in the OPEX® Sure Sort® network of more than 900 systems.

“E-commerce growth brings challenges that must be addressed proactively,” said Robert Nilsson, Chief Commercial Officer at VARGO®. “Retailers struggle to meet consumer expectations due to package delivery issues, automation limitations, space constraints and labor concerns. Partnering with OPEX® helps us introduce technologies to manage current and future e-commerce volumes while improving productivity and optimizing labor.”

By incorporating OPEX® Sure Sort® technology into COFE® WES, VARGO® has significantly enhanced its capabilities and feeds automated packaging processes downstream. Gap continues to achieve outstanding building throughput and order fulfillment speed due to VARGO®‘s integrated solutions powered by COFE®.

“Partnering with experienced integrators like VARGO® enables us to deliver scalable, high-impact automation solutions,” said Alex Stevens, President, Warehouse Automation at OPEX®. “By combining our Sure Sort® technology with VARGO®’s WES expertise, we help clients like Gap Inc. boost efficiency and meet the demands of modern retail.”