Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.40
January 06, 2021
…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
January 05, 2021
…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
January 05, 2021
…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 1.57
December 31, 2020
…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
December 28, 2020
…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 4.09
December 15, 2020
…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.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.55
December 01, 2020
…transitioning a few of our courses to online instructor-led delivery, but [the pandemic] brought it to the forefront,” said Kevin Kuker, VP of Training and Support at IMAGINiT. “It made us polish up this delivery method a lot. We're delivering about 80% of the volume of the training we were delivering before the pandemic. But now 99% of it, is delivered online. We've also seen a big transition to self-paced learning. Many of our courses are now prerecorded, with ebooks, practices and exercises.” “Many businesses have experienced disruptions, which have resulted in less formal team training. However, individual learners have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.85
November 23, 2020
…including strategic hires and the development of an Innovation Delivery Method for identifying, validating and deploying technologies that can improve customer outcomes at scale (see box, p. 24). Today, NFI’s innovation portfolio includes electric and natural gas vehicles, solar energy, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics. The 3PL also participates in the Blockchain in Transport Alliance initiative. The adoption of AMRs is a good illustration of the Innovation Delivery Method in action, according to Jimmy Shafer, senior vice president of integrated design and solutions, who shepherded the project. The initiative began in 2017 as part of the company’s review of its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.52
November 20, 2020
…include increased demand for grocery online business and home delivery, those challenges are even more acute,” Krebs says. In addition, the competition between logistics organizations and e-commerce giants concerning delivery services continues to intensify. “In response to some of these pressures, we’ve seen logistics organizations look to alternative technologies such as passive RFID and vision systems, plus make investments in automation and robotics,” Krebs says, “to squeeze even greater operational benefits from their already streamlined operations.” Forever evolving Looking ahead, Krebs expects the AIDC market to continue evolving at a steady pace. However, when it comes to the technology that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.67
November 20, 2020
…global retail and fulfillment customers are using to speed delivery of essential items to customers during the pandemic. Our employees have rallied around using our technology to ensure vulnerable people have access to the food items they need,” said Tom Wagner, founder and CEO of Berkshire Grey. “With additional support and donations from corporate partners, we hope to make the surplus food distribution supply chain more efficient for many more years to come.” The Picking With Purpose process allows food banks to pack more shelf-stable food in less time. It also enables volunteers and other staff to devote their time…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.41
November 19, 2020
…levels, pricing and discount schedules, shipping options, and projected delivery dates. It also provides an easy and secure way to pay for those tools via credit card or ACH checking. The beta implementation was a success, and product selection continues to expand as vendors sign on approaching the official launch date of November 23. To date, MachiningCloud has distribution agreements with the following cutting tool and tooling manufacturers, representing more than half a million part numbers. Garr Tool Gorilla Mill GWS Tool Group M.A. Ford MasterCut Mitsubishi Materials OSG PCT Robb Jack TapExtension This initial group of companies will soon…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.86
November 16, 2020
…incontinence supplies and adult diapers, sold online for home delivery but also with a growing channel shipping to institutions. Either way, orders are stored at the case level rather than the unit level and mostly picked in cases, with a small percentage of item-level picks. Given the products handled, the cases are large and bulky. And, given the urgent need for the supplies, NorthShore Care Supply’s policy is to ship the same day orders are received. Fulfillment speed is critical to make parcel carrier cutoff times. Before building the new facility, associates picked cases to three-tier carts they pushed through…
