Modula: VLMs That Increase Throughput While Protecting Your Team
- Editor OGN Daily
- Nov 10
- 3 min read
With labor shortages, high turnover, and rising employee expectations, running a warehouse efficiently is no longer solely about hitting KPIs.
Nowadays, how your team feels affects everything: productivity, accuracy, and retention. Modula’s vertical lift modules tackle all of that. They speed up work, reclaim floor space, and make jobs less grueling. This article shows how modern warehouses can meet operational goals and create roles employees want to keep - without sacrificing efficiency, safety, or profitability.
How Modula VLMs Improve Warehouse Throughput and Efficiency
Vertical lift modules deliver measurable improvements across multiple warehouse KPIs that directly impact a warehouse's bottom line. For starters, reports are showing that with VLMs, picking productivity jumps from 60 - 100 items per hour to as much as 350, depending on setup. Take Sunny Europe. Their pickers went from 35 lines an hour to 150–220, which meant handling 3,000 lines daily with almost zero mistakes.
Then there's accuracy. Modula integrates pick-to-light, barcode checks, and WMS syncing, which leads to picking accuracy of over 99 percent. And products? Less damage. One plant tech said, “We have safe, easy access, and expensive tooling isn’t getting banged around anymore.”
On top of all that, VLMs reclaim up to 90 percent of floor space to repurpose for extra lines or assembly (Global O-Ring and Seal managed to fit 12,000 square feet of storage into 465 square feet of floor space!), which all leads to customers seeing ROI in as little as 6 - 18 months.
How Does Modula Reduce Workplace Injuries and Strain With VLMs?
Warehouses are brutal. Stooping, lifting, twisting, reaching - all day, every day. That leads to fatigue, injuries, and absenteeism, and we all know that musculoskeletal disorders alone can cost a fortune. Well, Modula flips that. Items come to the operator at waist-to-chest height, which means: No bending or reaching overhead. You work in the “golden zone,” with less strain and safer postures.
Also, the system adapts easily to each worker. Tray heights, delivery speed…everything is customizable. Not to mention, many systems are TUV GS certified. Overall, by removing the most physically taxing aspects of warehouse work, Modula makes these roles more appealing to tech-focused workers looking for flexible work options, reduces their fatigue, and improves focus and engagement. Facilities benefit too, with fewer injuries, lower absenteeism, and the ability to maintain high throughput even with a more adaptable workforce.
How Modula Elevates Job Quality in an Industry Where Balance Seems Impossible
Traditional warehouse jobs are tough. Physically exhausting. Repetitive. And rigid. That’s why recruiting and retaining good people is a nightmare, especially now that work-life balance is a top priority for the new generation of workers. The good thing, though, is that Modula’s VLMs transform these roles into technology-driven positions that are far more appealing.
Operators now get to use intuitive software, monitor automated processes, and handle meaningful tasks instead of walking, lifting, or searching. Work becomes engaging and fatigue drops. Automation also increases productivity, allowing facilities to offer higher wages and career development without increasing labor costs. For instance, one warehouse integrating AMRs achieved a 200 percent productivity increase while moving staff into more engaging roles, raising pay, and reducing turnover. (On top of that, surveys indicate nearly 75 percent of warehouse workers would accept slightly lower pay for roles that simplify tasks and provide advancement opportunities.)
Overall, Modula demonstrates that employee wellbeing and operational efficiency can (and already do) coexist, delivering outcomes that were once impossible under traditional warehouse systems.
Conclusion
With Modula VLMs, your operators no longer spend hours bending, reaching, or walking the floor. As a result, picking mistakes drop, items stay undamaged, and 3 - 4 people can now handle what used to take twice as many. Explore Modula VLMs today and see how they can make your warehouse work smarter for your team.
