Healthcare & Pharmacy Solutions
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KNAPP is shaping the future of global healthcare automation. Our technologies form the backbone of the world’s medicine supply chain—touching nearly two‑thirds of all medications distributed worldwide. From pharmaceutical manufacturing to distribution centers, hospitals and pharmacies, KNAPP empowers a more connected, intelligent and resilient healthcare ecosystem that ensures every patient receives what they need, precisely when they need it.
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Pharmacy Execution System (PES)
Pack2Patient
Automated Tablet & Capsule Dispensers
KMeD
KNAPP-Store
The Next‑Generation Approach to Managing Pharmacy Operations
The next generation of pharmacy management with advanced pharmacy software. Designed to deliver clarity, compliance and control, PES transforms complex workflows into streamlined, intelligent processes. The result is a pharmacy ecosystem that is smarter, faster and fully optimized for patient care.
- Complete inventory transparency provides every detail of stock in real time, ensuring accuracy and confident decision making
- From DSCSA scanning to SCADA visualization integration, secures compliance, facilitates seamless regulatory adherence and delivers powerful analytics and insights
- Predictive intelligence that anticipates needs with granular, data-driven guidance that keeps operations ahead of demand
This solution is a highly automated, patient‑specific order fulfillment technology designed for central fill pharmacies. It automates the complete processing of single‑item medications, from identification and verification to labeling, sorting and dispatch, ensuring accuracy, speed and full, end-to-end regulatory traceability.
- Automates patient‑specific prescription fulfillment, enabling more time for patient needs and clinical services
- Using barcode scanning, image recognition and KiSoft Vision technologies, verifies that each medication has the correct label, identity and patient assignment
- Supports DSCSA compliance and global pharmaceutical regulations by capturing lot, serial number and other product attributes
KNAPP’s Automated Tablet Dispenser (ATD) technology delivers the most durable, accurate and efficient solution for high-volume tablet and capsule dispensing. With over 25 years of proven performance, many of KNAPP’s earliest installations are still running strong—dispensing the fastest-moving medications with precision.
- Electrostatic counting technology detects double counts, invalids and even dusty or translucent medications that other systems may miss
- Parallel dispensing allows multiple dispensers to run simultaneously, providing redundancy for top movers and supporting superior workflow efficiency
- Built for longevity and engineered for continuous operation in demanding pharmacy environments, ensuring maximum throughput, consistent accuracy and a lower cost per script
KNAPP’s KMeD system delivers advanced automation for deeper formulary coverage and superior dispensing accuracy. Built with modular architecture and redundant dispensing locations, KMeD ensures reliability and scalability for high-demand pharmacy environments. This results in a secure, scalable solution that combines precision, compliance and operational excellence.
- Deeper formulary reach enables dispensing of a broader range of medications than competing technologies
- Electronic security, with integrated bar code and RFID verification, ensures the right medication is matched to the right bottle every time
- Isolated workstreams utilize separate dispensing paths to eliminate cross‑contamination and prevent stray medications
The KNAPP-Store is the ultimate ASRS for units of use and manufacturer’s bottles in the pharmacy. Designed for precision and efficiency, it ensures every medication is stored, tracked, and dispensed with zero compromise. Benefits include FEFO (first to expire, first out) accuracy for optimal inventory management and real-time visibility.
- Smart induction automates DSCSA scans, sizing, and the capture of lot numbers and expiration dates during induction
- Continuous workflow is maintained through a buffer plate that keeps robot dispensing active while new medications are inducted
- Dynamic storage allows multiple medications to be stacked in a single facing, paired with 12‑foot height capability for exceptional density
“With a great deal of team spirit and commitment, we pool our expertise to create efficient and forward-looking automation solutions. This is how we secure our customers’ lead and success.”
Bernd Angerer, Matthias Dalkner, Martin Steiner
Vice Presidents, Healthcare Solutions
KNAPP
Healthcare Solutions
Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
Pick-it-Easy Robot
Picking Technologies
A-frame Central Belt System
Vision Item Check
KiSoft Software
KNAPP’s family of storage products includes the AeroBot, the Evo Shuttle 2D and the Evo Shuttle 1D. Together, these AS/RS technologies form a scalable backbone for healthcare logistics, ensuring that critical medications and clinical supplies are always accessible. By integrating 3D, 2D and 1D automation, facilities can optimize their storage strategy based on specific SKU velocity and aisle configurations.
This tiered approach to automation allows healthcare providers to maximize vertical space, eliminate manual picking errors and maintain a resilient supply chain that can adapt to the rapid shifts in modern medical demand.
- Utilize AeroBot 3D technology to navigate storage racks flexibly without the need for fixed rails.
- Deploy Evo Shuttle 2D for flexible access and high performance in high-throughput healthcare environments.
- Optimize storage density with the Evo Shuttle 1D system for rapid bin retrieval.
- Maximize existing facility footprints by leveraging vertical storage for a massive range of medical SKUs.
- Reduce operational overhead by automating the most labor-intensive storage and picking tasks in the warehouse.
Pick-it-Easy Robots use a variety of grippers and AI-based object recognition technologies to manage a wide range of products including reflective surfaces and irregular shapes. They identify optimal grip points and place items precisely, gently and accurately.
Powered by advanced machine learning and AI, our Pick-it-Easy Robots learn and improve over time─they become even more efficient and adapt to new SKUs automatically.
- Using AI-based object recognition, the robot calculates precise grip points
- The robot gripper provides reliable and accurate handling of different packaging types
- AI-powered placing algorithms ensure gentle placement
- Automatic error handling enables efficient operation
- The machine learning platform learns with every grip and shares learnings with new SKUs
KNAPP’s Workstations are built for demanding healthcare environments, combining ergonomic design with process efficiency. Using the goods‑to‑person principle, they minimize operator movement and support faster, more accurate handling of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and kits. Integrated camera systems enable in‑line quality checks to catch errors early and maintain consistent output. These stations are ideal for tasks such as order picking, kitting and consolidation, where precision, traceability and repeatability are essential.
KNAPP’s A-frame Central Belt System provides maximum throughput for pharmaceutical distribution. It’s a high-performance automatic order‑picking system that combines a central transport belt with A‑frame autopicker modules and KNAPP software to dispense items directly into totes/cartons at very high speed in a compact footprint.
It acts as a dedicated fast‑mover picking engine that smooths peak loads, increases throughput and pick quality and seamlessly feeds downstream consolidation and packing.
- Ideal for fast‑moving items and environments with pronounced peak loads, resulting in extremely high throughput
- A‑frame channels use intelligent, high‑precision ejectors and sensors for accurate, gentle dispensing and lot tracking, ensuring order integrity and product safety
- Supports DSCA compliance, most-effectively when used in combination with Vision Central Belt technology
Maintaining high quality standards for inventory checks typically requires time-consuming manual inspections, which slows down overall throughput. This creates a bottleneck, especially for checking incoming or returned goods where efficiency is critical.
Vision Item Check is an automated solution that provides both high efficiency and rigorous quality checks for individual items. It eliminates the need for slow, manual inspections by using advanced camera technology to verify product information at high speeds.
- Captures and processes security features, lot information, date marks and other quality features encoded in 1D and 2D barcodes
- For sectors like healthcare, it captures essential information such as lot numbers and expiration dates to ensure seamless traceability
- Automatically verifies security features on packaging to maintain product integrity
- Verifies that orders are complete and correct, eliminating manual checks
- Checks incoming goods, returned goods and special check stations
- Flexible configuration can be retrofitted into existing systems
Our KiSoft All-in-One Software serves as the central intelligence for healthcare distribution, orchestrating all automated and manual processes to ensure efficiency, accuracy and full regulatory compliance.
- Integrated WMS, WES and WCS platform offers full control and optimization of every layer of a complex distribution center
- Enables complete compliance with all healthcare regulations including the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) with documented digital audit trail
- Seamless software integration connects all warehouse technologies, from KNAPP's Evo Shuttle to its ergonomic Workstations, ensuring an end-to-end software solution
Awarded as Best Product 2025!
KNAPP’s newest intelligent storage robot, AeroBot, was named the year’s “Best Product of 2025” at LogiMAT. With its innovative functions and outstanding quality, KNAPP has once again set the gold standard in warehouse logistics.
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