Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.93
February 01, 2018
…to the Ti collection titled “Logistics Surveys 2017,” completed last December, there’s scant doubt that the global express industry has already undergone significant transformation, not least due to the seismic shifts brought about by e-retail. The collection provides analysis of the key trends affecting the overall industry, and is split into five surveys investigating the freight forwarding, motor carrier, express and warehousing sectors as well as the increasingly important topic of “environment and ethics” in global logistics. While the individual surveys identify a different set of challenges for each of the logistics markets, disruption was one of the most important…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.88
November 10, 2017
…in which drones reshape our cities – through remote delivery of goods, airborne surveillance, or as yet unforeseen applications. Yet one possibility has captured our collective imagination more than any other: the idea that drones will soon be moving people over cities en masse. Might flying taxis one day pluck us from our front gardens and delicately plop us down outside the cinema or our favorite restaurant? Before we mentally hail the next air cab, let’s consider what it would actually mean if the skies were filled with swarms of miniature helicopters ferrying people to their next destination. Though drones…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.80
November 03, 2017
…Administration for waivers allowing them to conduct tests of deliveries, drone air-traffic systems, long-range flights and other uses generally prohibited under current rules, Kratsios said. “These partnerships will allow local communities to experiment with new technologies like package deliveries”Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao The move is the latest attempt to jump-start an industry in which technology has moved at a rapid clip - only to be held back by regulatory and safety concerns. The government adopted rules allowing routine commercial flights last year, but with rare exceptions, it limited operations to short distances and ordered that they are kept away from…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.64
October 11, 2017
Pushed by Amazon to compete with free delivery, often in two days or less, and to provide subscription-based offerings (such as curated box-of-the-month products or routine replenishment of consumables) atop incredibly slim margins, more omnichannel and e-commerce retailers are turning to third-party logistics and fulfillment service providers (3PLs) for fulfillment solutions. View: Top 50 U.S. & Global 3PLs “Just about everybody in retail is being dragged along by what Amazon does,” says Robert Lieb, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University who has surveyed 3PL CEOs for nearly 25 years. “They are trying to respond with an omnichannel solution…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.00
September 27, 2017
…companies are also facing increasing pressures on cost and delivery times from rapidly changing consumer demands. For employees, these changes demand increased productivity rates and hours. Additionally, many in the warehouse workforce still spend most of their time walking from one item to the next. The result is unhappy employees with turnover rates harmful to businesses. According to the company. robotics in the warehouse and distribution center is at a tipping point. Its products address these concerns by letting robots do both the walking and picking, freeing workers to focus on more value-added activities. In the warehouse automation market, current…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
September 01, 2017
…The Pack Expo Drone Demo – “Packaging for the Last Mile” interactive display is another addition to the Pack Expo Las Vegas show floor. Electric truck and drone maker Workhorse is partnering with Pack Expo to bring this drone simulation to life. Mock housing will populate the virtual landscape of the 15,000 sq. feet exhibit in the North Hall, complete with mailboxes and doorsteps to accept delivered packages. Delivery drones will take off from the top of stationary electric vans and deliver packages to mock houses. This interactive demonstration will be located in the North Hall, Booth N-645 and is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.48
August 23, 2017
…largest eCommerce companies, partnered with Flytrex to expand its' delivery bandwidth and find new, efficient ways to deliver goods to customers around the city of Reykjavik. Using Flytrex's drone delivery system, AHA is now delivering goods between two parts of the city that are separated by a wide river, dramatically cutting delivery times and costs. Flytrex's system operates alongside AHA's existing vehicle-based delivery network, increasing its daily deliveries capacity, without increasing manpower. Whether it's food, flowers or a new phone, delivering products is now as instant as ordering. “This puts us at the forefront in what we offer to both…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.41
August 01, 2017
…a home. Yet customers are demanding faster and cheaper deliveries. Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) are actively trying to perfect the last mile in order to keep up with greater consumer demands. What more can you expect for last-mile delivery in the near future 1. Faster Fulfillment There’s an emphasis on logistics and fulfillment due to an increase in on-demand or same-day delivery. There is a huge push and pressure on the fulfillment side to get orders turned around on a much faster scale and pace than a lot of the technology is capable of doing today. What normally would have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.07
July 31, 2017
…AGCs); autonomous mobile vehicles and carts/units; mobile picking robots; last mile delivery ground robots (droids) and drones; and autonomous trucks and light delivery vans (level 4 and level 5 automation). Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, research director at IDTechEx and the report’s author, said the figures “mask turbulent transformative change underneath; some technologies will rise and transform the fortunes of industries, fueling growth rates far outpacing recent trends, whilst others will face decay and obsolescence.” The research report includes technology roadmaps and twenty-year market forecasts, in unit numbers and revenue, for all the technologies outlined above, as well as investment and trend analysis…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.82
June 09, 2017
…to thrive over the next decade Partnership mindset | Last-mile delivery | Advanced data sciences Retail and CPG Industries Value Chain Source: “Shaping the Future of Retail for Consumer Industries,” Insight Report Shaping the Future of Retail for Consumer Industries Value framework for business models For the purposes of this research, a unique value-at-stake framework has been developed to support a consistent approach to measuring the impact of these business models on the industry (business impact) and consumers (consumer impact). This framework helps enterprises, policy-makers and regulators better understand the value that each business model in the retail sector can…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.36
May 16, 2017
…but they have become dramatically more dynamic in the last five,” said Paul Dittmann, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute and author of the paper. “They are no longer stationary, blind, expensive and unintelligent but can work alongside people and learn as jobs change.” “Robotics have been around for more than 50 years, but they have become dramatically more dynamic in the last five”Paul Dittmann, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute Drones might not be ready for their anticipated role in last-mile delivery of consumer goods but are close to helping with less technically challenging tasks…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.89
April 26, 2017
…be easy.” Related: Is Amazon Creating Self-Driving Cars for Delivery? Related White Papers The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be According to predictions made a few decades ago, current travel should involve self-driving automobiles, jetpacks and flying cars, with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and rightfully so. Download Now! Drone Technology: Clarity from Above According PwC's study on the commercial applications of drone technology, the emerging global…
