Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.68
March 10, 2023
…advanced goods-to-person system and is a finalist for the MHI Innovation Award. It includes picking robots to carry shelves from storage to workstations and robot arms present goods to the operator to improving order throughput. PopPick can pick up to 650 totes per hour, improve warehouse storage density by 50%, and double throughput capacity, Geek+ claimed. Four-Way Shuttle is a high-density storage system that combines shuttles with picking robots for rapid ground-level transport. It extends up to the ceiling and can increase storage capacity to more than five times that of traditional warehouses, said the company. Efficiency of both tote…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.67
March 12, 2019
…together in 2011 was that there was recognition by MHI and A3 that the use of mobile robots, vision and grasping technologies is coming together to assist distribution. As the e-commerce business is growing, there are more opportunities for these technologies. Automation is a way to improve efficiency, lower costs and become stronger competitors. In the warehousing space, I think it’s also being driven by the inability to find enough people. Modern: In distribution, we’re seeing mobile collaborative robots and piece picking robots. Do you have a sense of how those two spaces are advancing? Burnstein: We don’t collect market…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.66
April 07, 2023
…and as member of the board of governors at MHI, the organization that produced ProMat, was this: “I’ve never seen a time when customers are so future thinking and not just putting out fires. Thank goodness our customers don’t read the news.” Wood’s view of what’s happening in our world was supported by a piece in The Wall Street Journal that reported that, despite the doldrums in commercial real estate and Amazon taking a pause from building out its network, the market for warehouse, distribution, and manufacturing space remains strong. All those buildings are going to need lift trucks, racking,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.62
December 23, 2016
…American Logistics Aid Network to coordinate recovery in Haiti and U.S. East Coast with help from supply chain organizations. MHI announces details for ProMat 2017 Keynotes on sustainability, Industry 4.0 and speaker Magic Johnson highlight upcoming ProMat Conference.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.62
May 05, 2017
…there is evidence it’s more than hype. According to MHI’s 2017 annual survey on next generation supply chains, 80% of respondents believe that the digital supply chain will be the predominate model within the next five years—with just 16% saying it’s happening today. Similarly, a 2016 survey from Capgemini found that 50% of those surveyed see “digital transformation” as “very important,” yet only 5% were very satisfied with their progress toward it. Clearly, digitalization will change supply chains, but our understanding of how it will play out is a work in progress. Breaking down some of the enabling technologies should…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
March 24, 2022
…will co-present a Material Handling Institute-sponsored seminar with fellow MHI ASRS Industry Group members, titled, “ASRS as a Solution for E-Commerce, Online Shopping Demands, High Transportation Costs, Supply Chain Issues, and Product Shortages.” This seminar will be held on March 29, in Theater H, from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Muratec will also showcase its CNC turning centers and line of AGVs, including the recently added A-Series line-up to its existing Premex vehicles. The series adds seven standard-based models that are customizable for a wide range of load capacities, lift heights, navigation methods, temperature ratings, and software applications, the companies said.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.56
January 16, 2013
…handling and logistics will make the supply chain work in the future. The panel includes George Prest, CEO of MHI; Rick Blasgen, president and CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP); Michael J. Mikitka, CEO of the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC); and Liz Richards, executive vice president of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA). ProMat 2013 is scheduled to be held January 21-24, 2013 in Chicago’s McCormick Place South. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the material handling and logistics industry. Modern’s complete ProMat 2013 coverage.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.45
April 03, 2019
…technologies, you are already behind your competitors. According to MHI and Deloitte, there are two primary well-known forces driving investments in technology in the supply chain and logistics industry: Customer demands and workforce shortage. More recent challenges, such as the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows, and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, have created an even more demanding environment. Also, in polling supply chain executives from across numerous industries, we found that two-thirds of logistics spending is allocated to transportation and the remainder to warehousing. This is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.44
April 09, 2021
…recent poll of 1,000 supply chain executives, Deloitte and MHI found that they anticipated that robotics and automation would be the biggest disruptive technologies in the industry over the next 10 years. The harsh truth While the current crop of mobile robots can reduce some labor, some time, and some costs, right now, the benefits have not been enough to justify the purchase of tens of thousands of such robots for some large corporations. In Walmart’s case, the benefits provided were not enough to justify the purchase of 1,000 robots, even though they were already ordered and announced. If industry…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
February 28, 2018
…the manufacturing, distribution and supply chain industries, sponsored by MHI. This month, the Supply Chain Group editorial team offers Logistics Management readers a preview of the latest warehouse and distribution center management equipment, automation and software products that will be introduced on this year’s trade show floor. Interstackable straight wall containers in four new heights The NewStac straight wall container now comes in a 22 x 24-inch footprint with four height options (7, 8, 11 and 14 inches) and a reduced tare weight. Capable of being stacked with existing container systems, the units feature a textured label area that eliminates…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.38
May 12, 2023
…on its head.” Hai Robotics US recently won the MHI Innovation Award for “Best Innovation of an Existing Product.” Pandemic poses competitive lessons The COVID-19 pandemic provided many lessons on how to manage facility development and how to reduce the risk of entry during periods of economic uncertainty, said Hai Robotics. Back in 2020 to 2021, many businesses held off purchasing robots and automation, it recalled. Then, when those businesses returned to their advancement plans after the initial COVID recession, material and equipment backlogs were at an all-time high, said the company. Lead times exceeded 12 months for certain systems.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.37
May 15, 2022
…with The Robotics Group at the Materials Handling Institute (MHI) and the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC). It was distributed across our respective audiences (see sidebar below). For the purposes of this survey, we divided respondents into three categories: Those with no plans to use robots in the foreseeable future End users who are investigating the technology and plan to use it in the next two years Early adopters who already have robots up and running in their facilities What are the top three factors motiving your organization to pursue robotics for your warehouses and distribution centers? Source: Peerless…
