Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.99
…and Associate Professor Patrick Mercier Project: Vertical Hybrid Power Delivery for High-Performance Processors and Digital Systems Mobile devices must maximize battery life and minimize heat generation, limiting their performance. Autonomous vehicles rely on input/output (I/O) processor pins to handle large amounts of sensor data. However, a large number of pins are needed for power delivery. Power demands can generate data processing bottlenecks. Hardy and Abdulslam are using a novel power converter architecture to operate at optimal efficiency while reducing power losses. The team’s preliminary analysis shows this architecture can increase power delivery efficiency by up to 12%, as well as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.31
…threads. And 3D printing customer can now see per-part pricing with itemized costs as well as self-select their desired delivery date for each part within an order at checkout. “Unprecedented changes in many of our markets are underway due to customer demand and the ongoing pandemic, but technological advancement in manufacturing are throwing the doors of innovation wide open to allow suppliers and their customers to pivot quickly,” adds Rich Baker, Protolabs’ CTO who led the launch of the platform. “And that agility is often the difference between success and failure.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.73
…with the FoodX eGrocery software platform for front-end e-commerce, delivery routing, inventory management, fulfillment and reverse logistics, retailers can improve unit economics, increase speed to market and reduce capital expenditure, according to the vendors. Requiring upwards of 85% less space than typical warehouse storage and fulfillment infrastructure, Attabotics solution transforms the rows and aisles of a typical warehouse into a single, vertical storage structure that’s modular and scalable, and uses “3D” robots internally to store and retrieve items for box packers on the outside perimeter. FoodX Technologies, which has partnered with Carrefour Group and recently announced its entry into the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.66
…medical impact of something going wrong with a drug delivery device is an order of magnitude worse than a health device losing your jogging data.” The requirements of medical devices for traceability, approvals, testing and more “make the importance of the collaboration platform to be much more stringent,” he adds. Establishing the paper trail “Engineering teams in this field often spend more time on the paper trail and documentation than they spend on actual product design,” notes Benjamin Jordan, senior product manager, Fusion 360 Electronics at Autodesk. “Accordingly, anything that helps shorten those tedious design review and compliance cycles brings…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.44
…of the race Something once so innovative as two-day delivery has led to next-day delivery, which is quickly becoming obsolete as consumers demand same-day delivery. This trend has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as more consumers become comfortable with online ordering of perishable items and groceries. One of the significant changes in supply chain strategies we are seeing as a result of this is the rise of fulfillment centers that bring fulfillment closer to the consumer. Fulfillment centers Typically, one of the dominant components in a company’s supply chain was the large warehouse or distribution center that acted as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.43
…have gone from fringe to mainstream. Concurrently, new last-mile delivery models are shaking up the balance of power in package delivery. Alan Amling, a fellow at University of Tennessee and CEO at Thrive and Advance, LLC, uses this time to explore the emerging last-mile landscape—from fulfillment to the front porch—and provide alternatives to consider as companies navigate a world where disruptions are the rule, and not the exception. COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce by five years in just five months, Amling says. It has also boosted innovation, with supply chain companies and retailers innovating and pivoting to keep up with changing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.40
…a last minute, high priority order. A next-day air delivery order for multiple items is dropped on a warehouse. The WES can prioritize a receipt of an inbound shipment containing the necessary inventory and can allocate receiving resources and assign available dock doors and automation. Upon scan of the inbound carton, the WES coordinates with the WMS to send the carton to replenishment. The WMS/WES issues a task to replenish the inventory. A pick command is generated without a wave to pickers within the zones containing the inventory, the units are picked into multiple bins, and then the bins are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.73
…few tips for improving efficiency include: Consolidate inbound freight deliveries into the largest possible load. Freight consolidation is an excellent venue for improving dock efficiency. According to MH&L Magazine, the time needed to unload 10-14 LTL shipments is more than the time required to unload a single FT. Efficiency through consolidation also means less time managing gate and yard traffic too. Implement dynamic vendor compliance standards, such as a dynamic inbound freight routing guide. It’s more than just sorting the good shipments from the bad and managing chargebacks. It’s about collaborating with your vendors and carriers to identify where the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.87
…it called a severe capacity crunch in last mile delivery, which is hindering shippers and parcel delivery providers, as the lack of capacity is limiting their ability to handle additional packages and are subsequently turning away business. And that is where the need for automation is heightened, the firm said. And the report pointed to myriad ways in which logistics real estate and automation in customer operations are interconnected, including: the acceleration of structural supply chain trends like e-commerce could lead to a critical shortage of logistics real estate, with new supply in the U.S. potentially falling short of demand…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.58
…select the best process, the best location, the best delivery method and the best price for every part within every product.” “There have always been supply chain challenges, but we hadn’t seen a case where the entire country shut down. So even if you had multiple fabricators in that country, you were out of luck,” says Paulsen. “After this, people will start thinking of having redundant supply chains, more flexible supply chains.” In other words, distributed supply chain is a safer bet. Personalized face shields, printed in HP Jet Fusion systems, point to mass customization enabled by enterprise-scale AM. Image…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.36
…allows physicians and staff to provide input regarding service, delivery date and case information, while tracking the progress of ongoing cases. “Now personalized medical devices are moving from novel to mainstream, medical device companies are confronted with new operational challenges. From the need for an image upload platform, to a way to keep their customers informed on the status of their order,” says Sebastian De Boodt, market manager Medical Software. “For years, we’ve developed and perfected the SurgiCase software to increase the efficiency in our internal operations. By bringing it to the market as a software product, we want to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.10
…and low angles. Coupled with their non-contact recoater, VELO3D’s printing process can create the intricate cooling passageways and fuel delivery channels needed to achieve high-output fluid transmission and electrical power. To learn more about the VELO3D and GoEngineer partnership, click here.