Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
October 18, 2021
…Technology Co. today announced that it is collaborating with DHL International GmbH for DHL's Asia-Pacific Innovation Center. Located in Singapore, the center will be home to a “Warehouse of the Future” exhibit that showcases automated and integrated e-commerce offerings, said the companies. The partners said the project reflects their shared values and will help accelerate innovation and educate supply chain leaders on the opportunities presented by automation. “This project not only marks a new milestone for the logistics and supply chain industry, but [also] a milestone in the global relationship between Geek+ and DHL that follows a number of successful…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.56
October 13, 2021
…Calif.-based company has created robots for logistics, warehouses, and supply chain customers. “Customers in retail, consumer goods manufacturing, and parcel handling need robots to scale quickly in order to manage the ever-increasing volume and variety of packages moving through their distribution centers,” said Samir Menon, CEO of Dexterity. “Dexterity is grateful to be at the forefront of delivering intelligent robotic systems in production across existing customer sites with the goal of rapidly transforming their warehouse operations.” Dexterity said its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings give robots the vision, touch, and human-like skill and speed to handle unstructured piles of goods. The company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.01
September 20, 2021
Locus Robotics Corp., which supplies autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, for fulfillment centers, today said it has acquired Waypoint Robotics Inc., which makes industrial-strength, omnidirectional mobile robots. The companies did not disclose terms but said the combination will enable them to better serve both warehouse and manufacturing operations. “Locus is the proven leader in the development of highly productive and innovative AMR technology that efficiently solves our customers’ needs for total warehouse optimization,” stated Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “As order-fulfillment and labor shortages continue to grow around the world, the acquisition of Waypoint Robotics will accelerate our ability…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.75
August 24, 2021
…growing demand and mitigate labor shortages. Locus Robotics, which supplies mobile robots for fulfillment centers, today announced that it has surpassed the milestone of half-a-billion units picked. The Wilmington, Mass.-based company said this achievement occurred just 94 days after it reached the 400 million level. “Reaching our half-billion-pick milestone this quickly underscores the critical business value that Locus's proven technology brings to our customers around the world as they face exploding order volumes and limited labor availability,” stated Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “As e-commerce volumes increase, the pace of picking with LocusBots is also increasing exponentially.” “Locus' first…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.78
August 02, 2021
The end-to-end supply chain is a critical part of today's globally competitive enterprise. Shipments get sorted, packaged, and loaded for delivery, ultimately making their way to customers. Within these processes, there are many moving parts, and robots can improve the efficiency of many of these functions. Whether they work alongside people or relieve them to do other value-added tasks, tireless robots have matured in the past few years to be an intrinsic part of many logistics operations, from the dock to the destination. What can robots do in modern supply chains? With advances in perception, manipulation, and mobility, groups of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.30
June 02, 2021
DHL Supply Chain today announced that it plans to acquire up to 2,000 mobile robots from Locus Robotics Corp. as part of its wider Accelerated Digitalization Strategy. The global logistics company is expanding its four-year-old relationship with Locus in its largest deployment to date. “It is particularly important for us to be able to consistently optimize our supply chains—assisted picking robots are very effective in this respect,” stated Markus Voss, global chief operating officer and CIO of DHL Supply Chain. “So far, more than 500 assisted picking robots are already in industrial use in our warehouses in the U.S.A., Europe,…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 3.88
April 16, 2021
…the fight right now. Companies like UPS, FedEx and DHL hired more than 200,000 workers in North America in 2020, and that trend will likely continue in 2021. These and other high-profile hiring announcements come right at a time when constrained labor availability, concerns over COVID-19 exposure, and social distancing requirements are impacting fulfillment operations nationwide. To further exacerbate this dilemma, customer expectations around delivery time have drastically increased over the last few years. With Amazon as the number-one online retailer offering free one-day shipping–and, most recently, two-hour shipping–consumers expect their packages to arrive immediately and free of charge. This…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.78
February 18, 2021
…ways to deliver productivity and operational efficiencies into their supply chain, it has become critical that providers deliver on the promise of speed and reliability in their technology deployments,” said John Santagate, VP of Robotics at Körber Supply Chain. “Through our strategic partnership with Locus Robotics, we continue to collaborate and innovate in order to deliver rapid results by driving down the time it takes from decision to use of Locus Robots in the warehouse.” Locus customers worldwide include CEVA Logistics, DHL, Material Bank, Boots UK, GEODIS, Port Logistics Group, Verst Logistics, Radial, and others, who are doubling or tripling…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.51
February 08, 2021
…one member in each node of the air cargo supply chain, the Changi air cargo hub offers an unbroken cold chain necessary for the effective handling of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments. The taskforce has been set up to prepare the air cargo community to meet the logistical demands of vaccine distribution. This includes assessing and ramping the hub’s ability to handle different types of COVID-19 vaccines, all within stringent temperature-controlled environments, as well as to manage an expected surge in the volume of vaccines to be air transported to the region. In December, Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.99
September 30, 2020
…News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Rick MacDonald, DHL Supply Chain, President, Retail Sector, North America, about varous topics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, final mile logistics, and Peak Season, among others. MacDonald was appointed to his current role in May and has been in the supply chain sector for more than 30 years. MacDonald joined DHL Supply Chain in 2006 and, for the last decade prior to May, served as VP, Retail, DHL Supply Chain North America. Logistics Management (LM): How would you characterize the last six months, or so, going back to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic?…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.28
August 25, 2020
…note: This article originally appeared in LM's sister publication, Supply Chain Management Review. DHL Supply Chain, is preparing for an anticipated surge in demand in the fourth quarter of 2020 by hiring additional workers and leveraging its investments in technology and infrastructure to support shippers. The third party logistics provider today announced that it will hire 7,000 associates through the end of 2020 to meet demand fueled both by the peak holiday shopping season and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “’Peak season’ for contract logistics providers typically takes place in the late summer months and is driven principally by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.95
July 13, 2020
…United States service logistics agreement, was announced today between DHL Supply Chain, a subsidiary of global logistics services provider DHL, and Siemens Healthineers, a medical technology company, and subsidiary of Siemens AG. DHL officials said that this collaboration will have a sharp emphasis on digital and robotics technology usage, in order for the Siemens Healthineers supply chain, specifically its U.S.-based Customer Service Material Logistics Unit, to provide continuous quality and cost improvements, which, in turn, are expected to result in strong delivery performance and customer satisfaction levels. A major component of this collaboration centers on what DHL called a new…
