Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.55
September 08, 2020
…support module, which was not in the field supply inventory. The part took 30 minutes to prints. These case studies, along with over 40 others developed during the program, will now form a digital library to be accessed and printed on demand. This trial proved the Australian Army are effectively able to supplement existing supply chains and connect the skills of the soldiers and a sovereign industry capability to be ready now and future ready. “Custom made parts, designed and printed in the field, means we can provides the mechanism for our people to get equipment back into action quickly…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.41
August 31, 2020
…warehousing operations, this white paper reports 12 identified use cases of indoor drone applications in three different application areas: inventory management, indoor intra-logistics, and inspection & surveillance. Download Now! More Cerasis Resources
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.05
August 25, 2020
…and is driven principally by a surge in retail inventory, which has increasingly moved to online channels in recent years,” says Scott Sureddin, CEO, DHL Supply Chain North America. “This year, with an accelerated shift toward e-commerce, non-retail industries potentially seeing a resurgence in pent-up demand, and consumer goods and life sciences and healthcare companies continuing to ramp up their production capabilities, many of our customers are facing their most unpredictable fourth quarter ever.” According to Sureddin, DHL Supply Chain’s investments are aimed at providing shippers with both the operational certainty and the flexibility that they will need to adjust…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.42
August 21, 2020
…(AS/RS), and warehouse management system (WMS) software that manages inventory, labor and warehouse fulfillment. A key focus for WES has been to handle order release in a more dynamic or continuous fashion compared with static waves of work. However, WES is not a one-trick pony for “waveless” order fulfillment with automation. WES providers say the software orchestrates the overall flow of work across all resources and is increasingly employing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. “If all DCs were still just moving cases and pallets, we wouldn’t be talking about Warehouse Execution Systems” Dwight Klappich, research vice president with Gartner…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
July 31, 2020
…is a goods-to-person autonomous mobile robot that can transport inventory from 220 to 3,500 pounds to workers for picking and packing, while working in collaborative performance with other robots and the human workforce. “This highly sought-after certification demonstrates GreyOrange’s leadership in setting the bar for safety of automated fulfillment in warehouse environment,” said Akash Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, GreyOrange. “We felt it was important to develop a truly safer product that would inspire trust and assure our customers and partners that they have made the right decision by implementing a GreyOrange solution.” Ranger series robots, including Ranger GTP, are built…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.19
July 22, 2020
…some 900 forward stocking locations used to pre-position critical inventory for high tech and medical equipment. There has been some discussion about leveraging those facilities as micro-fulfillment centers for same-day and next-day e-commerce fulfillment, but, Clements points out, “We have to find a balance between speed of delivery and a model that spreads inventory across dozens of locations.” That balance helps merchants control inventory carrying costs while providing fast access to customers. “Speed of delivery is important, but so are predictability, reliability, and visibility,” Clements says; “That’s why we are linking our distribution network to our transportation network.” A great…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.57
July 16, 2020
…The people were buying and depleting the PC retailers' inventory, but the new parts for inventory refill weren't readily available from the supply side, but the semiconductors had already shipped their chips out, so they were already on their way.” Could engineers and designers working from home possibly face a mobile workstation shortage? To find out, we spoke to Rob Herman, General Manager, Executive Director of Workstation & Client AI Group, Lenovo; and Misha Govshteyn, CEO of MacroFab, a distributed electronics manufacturing service provider. For the whole story, listen to the audio below (intro and end music by Ben Sound).…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.61
July 15, 2020
…Workshop Repair Centers. “We have one of the largest inventories of pre-owned and reconditioned robots across the world, with 400 robots of various types in stock for sale, and currently the demand for second life robots is so high that we have more than one robot leaving our Ostrava facility every working day.” Each remanufactured robot can also be upgraded to the latest controller, which unlocks new functionalities such as ABB Ability Connected services or the latest version of RobotStudio, ABB’s simulation and offline programming software. Upgrades can also unlock the potential of collaborative robotics, with ABB’s SafeMove software providing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.67
July 13, 2020
…various offerings and services, including: DHL’s proprietary warehousing and inventory management system, automated storage and retrieval systems and augmented reality-assisted picking, to maximize efficiency and productivity, digital technologies, like DHL’s MySupplyChain application and GPS tracking for final mile delivery, will provide engineers with additional transparency, visibility and control over their orders and returns. The 260,000 square-foot Memphis WDC is expected to open in October, with DHL owning the entire 422,000 square-foot facility, which DHL said was the first speculative distribution facility built in Memphis going back to 2007. Siemens Healthineers President and Head of the Americas David Pacitti said in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.94
July 09, 2020
…that when the system is thinking about orders or inventory or the particular people that are picking, or the available robots, it’s weighing these factors all at once,” says Cashman. “And it’s that ability to orchestrate all of these components in real time…that’s the difference with the robotics of today versus a generation ago.” Robotics vendors need to have robust software, not only for managing inventory and robot movements within a robotic zone, but for coordinating with upstream and downstream zones as well as reconciling exceptions with WMS, points out Markus Schmidt, president of Swisslog Americas, which offers a wide…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.25
June 26, 2020
…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 a person walking through the facility are outfitted with sensors or wearable devices that communicate their location in real-time to within 10 centimeters across X, Y, and Z-axis. The system is sensitive enough to know whether an associate is standing up or laying down. With that level of accuracy, “the system knows the relationship of every tag in the facility,” said Bengt Tuner, Locanis’ president, and CEO. “You can create geofencing around people and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.80
June 24, 2020
…MHS Helix consists of template-based modules for equipment control, inventory management and order fulfillment functions, designed to work together in customized configurations according to each facility’s unique requirements. Tab Fischbach, senior vice president of business development for distribution and fulfillment, MHS: “With distribution centers becoming increasingly complex, getting all the processes aligned using traditional warehouse software systems can result in runaway complexity, with several layers of software, redundancy and one-off customizations. Our approach with Helix is to keep things simple, with ready-made modules that allow businesses to scale with new functionality while maintaining a single, lean platform.” The ability to…
