Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
August 27, 2020
…new business bookings from market leaders in healthcare, retail, grocery and e-commerce sectors. He also emphasized development of solutions for the digital supply chain that leverage Big Data, predictive modeling, analytics and artificial intelligence. Kevin Reader, Director of business development and marketing, Knapp: “Knapp continues to invest 7% annually in R&D, and has also committed to major projects across virtually all Knapp subsidiaries in the areas of personnel, production capacity and technology to meet the growing demand for our supply chain solutions. This growth includes the recently completed expansion of U.S. facilities in Kennesaw Ga., driven by a three-year 404%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.35
December 27, 2021
…general public, be it at their local restaurant or grocery store or a delivery robot on the sidewalk, robot safety is going to enter a new phase in 2022. Fergal Glynn, 6 River Systems Glynn: At 6 River Systems, we're looking forward to continuing to help our customers experience better fulfillment everywhere by increasing efficiency and meeting increased demand. We're expanding our solutions allowing for greater customization like the recently announced use of our Chucks on multiple warehouse floor levels at a 3PL [third-party logistics provider] site in the U.K. Adjusting to unique challenges like this and adapting to site…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.24
November 20, 2020
…challenge, but now when you include increased demand for grocery online business and home delivery, those challenges are even more acute,” Krebs says. In addition, the competition between logistics organizations and e-commerce giants concerning delivery services continues to intensify. “In response to some of these pressures, we’ve seen logistics organizations look to alternative technologies such as passive RFID and vision systems, plus make investments in automation and robotics,” Krebs says, “to squeeze even greater operational benefits from their already streamlined operations.” Forever evolving Looking ahead, Krebs expects the AIDC market to continue evolving at a steady pace. However, when it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.20
May 17, 2018
…bar code scanning outside of point of sale in grocery and retail was in October 1971 at Buick’s Plant 10. “I carried the 50-pound scanner into Buick to give them the demonstration,” Hill recalls. Hill has not rested on his laurels. Still a director at St. Onge, he recently attended a conference on automatic identification that brought together more than 400 experts to Google’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. When he looks at the new mechanical and technology solutions coming to market, he sees the seeds planted back in the 1970s and 1980s now bearing fruit. “We’ve finally come to where…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.94
January 23, 2023
…pass inspection, the vegetables and herbs are boxed, palletized and briefly staged in the warehousing area for delivery to grocery stores in dedicated trucks. Delivery is typically within 2 days of harvesting. Source: Daniel Guidera for Peerless Media .
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.92
October 04, 2018
…Companies in Taunton, Mass., started out as a family-owned grocery business in Boston’s North End. When prohibition was repealed in 1933, the Martignetti family received the very first beverage alcohol retail license ever to be issued in Massachusetts. Today, Martignetti holds the distinction of being the largest wine and spirits wholesaler in New England. Two years ago, the company built a 700,000-square-foot state-of-the-art, LEED-certified headquarters location in Taunton consolidating all of its office, sales and warehouse operations in one location. Roughly half of the firm’s inventory is managed internally, while the remainder is vendor-owned. In liquor control states like New…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.74
March 03, 2020
…solutions,” he says. And, e-commerce players—as well as online grocery companies—are experimenting with small autonomous delivery robots, while Amazon and others have experimented with small aerial delivery drones. Currently, says De Muynck, such use of delivery bots and drones remains experimental and would face regulatory hurdles and cost effectiveness concerns, but it’s inevitable that companies will need to continue to test such technologies to drive down costs as delivery windows get tighter. “Every time delivery expectations get shortened, we see increasing costs, so everyone is looking for those technologies that can either provide a way to either bring down that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.69
June 26, 2020
…personal lives. We stand 6 feet apart in the grocery store and step out of the way when another individual is walking toward us on the sidewalk. That’s more difficult to do in a distribution center, especially when warehouse management systems and business rules were designed around maximizing throughput rather than minimizing human contact. One possible solution is a warehouse management system from Locanis that uses an ultra-wideband, real-time locating system rather than bar code scanning to track activities and the location of inventory in the warehouse. Mobile assets, such as forklifts, automatic guided vehicles, robots, manual operators, or even…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.51
December 17, 2021
…their reluctance to purchase products like Depends at the grocery or drug store. The idea of purchasing online for reasons of privacy and the convenience of home delivery seemed natural. Once Greenberg turned on the website, he learned of his customers’ frustrations with the performance of many of the products available in stores. Greenberg turned his focus to higher-quality products, a customer-service staff able to answer embarrassing questions, and fast and easy delivery. A leading business was born. NorthShore Care Supply grows into automation After operating for more than a decade from several smaller facilities, including an 86,000-sq.-ft. distribution center,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.46
July 09, 2020
…same time, e-commerce has spiked, especially in sectors like grocery. And while it may be too early to tally the impacts of the pandemic on robotics, in the long term, the technology’s ability to increase productivity with minimal added labor bodes well for the technology, says Rian Whitton, a senior analyst at ABI. “From what we’re seeing, there has been a huge increase in demand for e-commerce during the pandemic,” says Whitton. “And the greater the percentage of retail that shifts to online, the more heavily automated these warehouses and other facilities involved with fulfillment will need to become, which…
