Custom
Electronics for Supply Chains That Never
Stop.
Full-stack engineering partner for logistics hardware — RFID dock portals, AGV navigation electronics, cold chain loggers, warehouse wearables, and last-mile delivery hardware. Built for the throughput targets, WMS architecture, and environmental constraints of your specific operation.
The Logistics Hardware Problem
Off-the-Shelf Hardware Was Designed for Average Warehouses
Logistics operations run on margins measured in cents per unit moved — and the hardware layer is often the biggest source of operational drag. Handheld scanners that don't hold a charge through a 10-hour shift. RFID readers that lose tags in high-density racking. Conveyor control boards that go end-of-life with no drop-in replacement. Cold chain loggers that record temperature but don't integrate with the TMS. AGV navigation systems that can't adapt to dynamic floor layouts without a software vendor engagement. Off-the-shelf hardware was engineered for the average warehouse — not for your specific throughput targets, your facility footprint, your WMS architecture, and your environmental constraints.
Ankh builds logistics hardware around the specific operational constraint. All-day battery life under continuous scanning workloads. RFID antenna arrays tuned for your specific racking configuration and pallet density. AGV navigation firmware that handles the dynamic obstacles, variable lighting, and reflective surfaces of a real fulfillment center. Cold chain hardware that writes directly to your TMS with a calibration-backed audit trail that satisfies GDP auditors, not just operations managers.
Three tailwinds are driving demand for custom logistics electronics: the e-commerce fulfillment volume explosion that has forced automation investment at every distribution tier; the labor shortage that has made automation ROI-positive at scale never seen before; and the pharmaceutical cold chain compliance mandate that has made generic temperature loggers legally insufficient for regulated distribution. Logistics software vendors, WMS providers, and 3PL operators building proprietary technology all need a hardware engineering partner. Ankh serves all three.
What We Build for Logistics
Custom logistics electronics across the full supply chain — from dock-door RFID portals and warehouse wearables to AGV navigation hardware, cold chain loggers, and last-mile delivery handhelds.
Warehouse Hardware Engineering
Electronics Design →Drop-rated handheld enclosure design to MIL-STD-810G. IP54 through IP67 for outdoor and wash-down logistics environments. All-day battery engineering under continuous active scanning workloads. Antenna design and RF environment optimization for dense RFID deployments in metal racking. Wearable ergonomics for all-day worker comfort without compromising scanning performance.
Real-Time Firmware & Control
Embedded Firmware →Low-power firmware for handheld and wearable devices targeting all-day battery life under heavy scanning workloads. Deterministic conveyor and sortation control firmware on FreeRTOS — safe-state handling, fault recovery, and watchdog architecture for 24/7 unattended operation. AGV and AMR navigation firmware with sensor fusion for LiDAR, ultrasonic, and camera inputs and real-time fleet coordination.
RFID & Location Systems
IoT Architecture →EPC Gen2 RFID firmware — multi-reader coordination, anti-collision algorithm tuning, tag filtering for high-density inventory environments with thousands of concurrent tags in the read field. BLE 5.0 and UWB firmware for RTLS — sub-meter indoor positioning for assets, pallets, forklifts, and workers across multi-acre warehouse floor plans. GS1-compliant tag encoding and data carrier standards.
AI & Computer Vision
Computer Vision →Computer vision AI for warehouse operations — pallet damage detection, load quality inspection, license plate recognition, and trailer load verification. Edge AI for on-device barcode and OCR reading — offline-capable scan engines that maintain throughput without WMS connectivity. Predictive maintenance AI for conveyor, sortation equipment, and AGV fleets from vibration and current signature data.
WMS & TMS Integration
Software Development →Deep WMS integration experience — Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder, SAP EWM, Oracle WMS, and others via documented API. Custom hardware that speaks the language of your existing operations software from day one. TMS integration for fleet telematics, cold chain telemetry, and last-mile delivery hardware. Offline-first mobile apps for warehouse environments with Wi-Fi dead zones.
Cold Chain & Compliance
Certification & Compliance →GDP-aware cold chain hardware design — calibration management, tamper-evident logging, temperature excursion alerting, and audit trail generation for pharmaceutical and food logistics. FDA 21 CFR Part 11 awareness for regulated distribution traceability. GS1 standards compliance for RFID encoding. FCC and CE certification support for wireless warehouse and logistics devices. HAZMAT awareness for relevant logistics applications.
Platforms & Standards
Built on Logistics-Proven Platforms
Why Engineering Teams Choose Ankh
Built for Throughput
Every hardware and firmware decision is made with operational throughput in mind. All-day battery life under continuous scanning workloads — not the 6-hour shelf life of a generic Android handheld running enterprise software. Sub-100ms scan-to-confirm latency. Conveyor control firmware with deterministic cycle times that don't introduce sortation bottlenecks when the system is running at peak volume. Hardware that performs at the top of the performance envelope, not at the average.
WMS and TMS Native
Deep integration experience with Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder, SAP EWM, Oracle WMS, and major TMS platforms. Your custom hardware speaks the language of your existing operations software from the first unit — not after a six-month integration project. Offline-first mobile apps that maintain pick accuracy and throughput even when the Wi-Fi infrastructure in your 1.2 million square foot facility has dead zones in the mezzanine.
Fleet-Scale from Day One
OTA firmware updates, remote diagnostics, device health monitoring, and fleet management built into every device before the first unit ships. Managing 50 handhelds and managing 5,000 handhelds require the same infrastructure — the difference is whether you built it in at the start or retrofitted it two years in when you scaled. We build it in from day one. Overnight OTA updates to thousands of devices across a multi-site distribution network without operational disruption.
Cold Chain to Last Mile
From pharmaceutical cold storage GDP compliance to last-mile proof of delivery hardware, Ankh builds across the full supply chain hardware stack under one roof. Cold chain loggers with calibration-backed audit trails. Smart locker electronics with carrier API integration. GPS fleet tracking with driver monitoring. You don't need a different hardware partner for each segment of the supply chain.
High-Throughput RFID Inventory System for a National 3PL
Dock-door RFID portal and overhead antenna array for a 1.2 million square foot distribution center. 99.7% read accuracy at 800 pallet movements per day, integrated with Manhattan Associates WMS for real-time inventory location with zero operator intervention. RF environment tuned for high-density metal racking across 42 dock doors.
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