Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.13
October 10, 2017
…arm, or a simple scanning beacon that can take inventory. Mobile platforms that can be integrated into an existing picking process and work around humans are primed for rapid growth and rapid disruption. Modern: There was a five- to seven-year lag time before we saw the adoption of some newer materials handling technologies, like shuttle systems. What does the adoption curve for robots look like right now? Santagate: Here’s the key difference between earlier automation solutions and service robots. Those other solutions often required a physical reconfiguration of your facility because they’re quite massive. Mobile robotics work within your physical…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 10.70
September 18, 2017
Voodoo Robotics is an innovator in warehouse automation. Our goal is to provide the most cost-effective and revolutionary warehouse automation products on the market. Based in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, the main hub for warehousing and distribution centers in the U.S., Voodoo Robotics currently offers unique solutions to help solve the problem of warehouse inventory management and order fulfillment.Voodoo Robotics is an innovator in warehouse automation. Our goal is to provide the most cost-effective and revolutionary warehouse automation products on the market.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.57
September 08, 2017
Retailers lose $45B worth of inventory every year due to misplaced packages, stolen merchandise, and returned goods. In 2013, Walmart lost up to $3B due to discrepancies between inventory records and actual stock, according to Forbes. Now drone-based package-tracking tech could finally help solve this problem. Read: Walmart Testing Warehouse Drones to Catalog and Manage Inventory New research from MIT proposes lightweight drones that can help track and manage inventory in large-scale environments by allowing passive, long-range radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning. RFID tags have long provided a potential solution to the problem of effective package tracking through digital cataloging.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.85
September 02, 2017
…supply chain management software that streamlines the flow of inventory and information from supplier to store shelf. With approx. 440 employees worldwide HighJump supports more than 4,000 customers in 66 countries, ranging from SME business to marquee global enterprises. HighJump’s functionally rich and highly adaptable end-to-end solutions efficiently manage customers' warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, delivery routes, and retail stores. About Körber Logistics Systems The Business Area Logistics Systems, belonging to the international technology group Körber and based in Bad Nauheim, Germany, is the leading provider of fully integrated applications for the optimization of complex internal and external logistics processes. Under…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.64
August 30, 2017
…Ysasi. “When you have fulfillment centers with all active inventory, where basically every piece is available at any possible time to get picked, packed and shipped, you’ve just opened yourself up really decreasing cycle time,” he says. Think lean Some DCs may rely heavily on a major piece of automation to attain a pick rate, but for most DCs, the key to throughput is balance between pick, pack and ship operations, says Dan Hanrahan, CEO of The Numina Group. “I look at order fulfillment as a three-legged stool of picking, packing and shipping,” he says. “If any one of those…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.16
August 01, 2017
…warehouse is gaining steam. The driver can load non-committed inventory into delivery trucks, allowing drivers to upsell during the delivery process. The driver can bring items the consumer has ordered in the past or might need or want, processing a potential additional order in person. This has started for food and grocery as well as with household commodities and even pharmaceuticals. 8. Smart Technology and Sensors In addition to wanting visibility at each point in the fulfillment and delivery process, customers want to track temperature sensitive items. This way the pharmaceutical company, frozen foods or spirits manufacturer will know the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.29
June 20, 2017
…rise of e-commerce and multi-channel fulfillment has caused distribution centers to experience ever-growing numbers of stock-keeping units and more inventory turns, up to an average of nine in 2015. Download Now!
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.16
June 14, 2017
…of warehouse management systems (WMS) to manage transactions and inventory at the distribution center level and then hand order requirements down to the automation layer is not as simple as it used to be. With the complexities of e-commerce fulfillment, the need to orchestrate and optimize operations is driving the need for advanced execution software in the middle of the stack and for more optimization tools. In short, the DC tech stack has changed. It’s no longer just WMS on top, warehouse control system (WCS) software in the middle, and automated materials handling systems at the floor level. The stack…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.74
May 16, 2017
…with less technically challenging tasks such as tracking warehouse inventories or managing trailer yard security. Wearable technologies like smart glasses will likewise find application in the warehouse, helping workers sort, pack and inventory items as well as identifying safety hazards or the shortest path to their next pick. Driverless vehicles have already been tested and approved in seven states and will substantially affect transportation costs once they can be caravanned or reach a port-to-port automation point. Considered the least viable in the short term, 3-D printing is identified as having the potential to eliminate the supply chain completely if costs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.26
May 05, 2017
…infrastructure. Mobile robotics/smart AGVs that can carry or pull inventory to workstations—or function as smart, driverless lift trucks—would alleviate the labor needs at the DC level, and allow for DC automation that’s quicker to install and reconfigure. “There has always been this tradeoff with traditional automation in that while it can lower operating costs over the long term, it tends to be costly to acquire and involves a long time to install, implement or change,” says Klappich. “Where we are at now is that smart AGVs/robotics are beginning to break that traditional tradeoffs between efficiency and agility, and that situation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.49
April 25, 2017
…with automated decisions based on constant analysis of orders, inventory, labor, processes and equipment. Automated storage and retrieval solutions - Ideal for operations with high-turn inventory storage and short order cycles, AS/RS systems provide quick access to products, while reducing storage labor and footprint requirements. Unit sortation - Designed for ultra-light, irregularly shaped and polybagged items, these systems deliver the highest throughput at minimum speeds for years of reliable, low-maintenance operation. Intelligrated is an experienced designer, manufacturer and installer of all these solutions. Related White Papers Conquer High-volume E-commerce with Goods-to-operator Order Fulfillment This white paper, the second installment in…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 11.23
April 06, 2017
Leveraging years of direct warehouse operations experience and deep firsthand knowledge of warehouse robotics, Locus Robotics Corporation has engineered a new approach to mission critical fulfillment operations. The Locus solution delivers greater throughput, reduced costs and unparalleled flexibility in moving inventory and orders through a fulfillment center. The efficiency and flexibility in turn allow operators to keep up with the increasingly complex demands of channel partners and consumers.
