Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.29
April 12, 2021
…said. “We need to have relationships with partners like Körber, which operate in different arenas than just 3PLs [third-party logistics providers].” ProMat DX demo schedule Vecna Robotics plans to host the following demonstrations (all times are CDT): April 12, 2:30 to 2:45 p.m.: Pivotal Orchestration Engine April 13, 10:30 to 10:45 a.m.: Autonomous Counterbalanced Fork Truck April 14, 1:15 to 1:30 p.m.: Autonomous Pallet Truck April 16, 10:00 to 10:15 a.m.: Autonomous Tow Tractor “We want to educate people on how we can help them use automation,” Huerta said. In addition, Vecna will be hosting a session on “5 Considerations…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.11
September 29, 2023
…amazing things.” John Santagate, vice president of robotics at Körber Supply Chain, added: “A significant challenge is often scaling up and down to accommodate peak periods. With a goods-to-person (G2P) system, you can build it to support peak and operate at average needs until you need to scale it up for peak, which means again, adding few extra personnel, not an army.” “Furthermore, with robots, you are leveraging a shared resource, which means it’s easy to add a shift, since the mobile robots don’t care about quitting time,” he said. Zebra's FetchCore software is designed to make controlling robots easier.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.04
October 06, 2022
…panel included John Santagate, vice president of robotics at Körber Supply Chain Software; Bill Twickler, vice president of solutions at GXO Logistics; Kyle VanGoethem, head of network planning at Stord; and Andrew Lockhart, director of strategic engagement and warehouse solutions for North America at Vanderlande. The session on “Truck Unloading and the Next Frontiers for Robots” featured Tyler Wilson, an internal logistics engineer and engineering manager at Toyota North America. “The discussion served as an opportunity to learn how the automaker takes advantage of mobile robots in its operations,” noted Cesareo Contreras, associate editor at Robotics 24/7 and moderator of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.81
April 12, 2018
…now a sister company to HighJump under parent company Körber. The automation-aware functions can plug into other WCSs as well, Elliott said, though the WMS users would see the automation insights from within WMS. “We have everything flow through one user experience,” he said. The goal of the new capability, said Elliott, is to transform WMS from a system that manages a warehouse from the perspective of inventory and people activity, to one that can also manage activity in tight concert with automated systems. The march of ecommerce, labor shortage issues, and the addition of more automation makes an “automation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.37
February 18, 2021
…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 their fulfillment productivity with near-100% accuracy, while saving on operating expenses, and enhancing employee morale and safety.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.03
June 10, 2022
…uses a common interface to accept tasks from BlueYonder, Körber Supply Chain, Manhattan, SAP, Softeon, Zethcon, and other warehouse management systems. The platform optimizes workflows for the company’s collaborative AMRs with path planning and fleet management software. Intelligent orchestration includes each and batch order picking, case picking, putaway and replenishment, packing and sorting, and pallet transport. With mission-control dashboards, predictive analytics, operational performance data, and intelligent labor direction, the Locus warehouse execution program provides customers with actionable intelligence in real time, claimed Lombardi. All of this is accessible through an iPad or any other connected device. All communications are available…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.97
July 01, 2021
…said John Santagate, vice president of robotics at integrator Körber Supply Chain. “Zebra Fulfillment Edge and Zebra SmartSight are both solution areas that stand to benefit from the addition of a strong AMR platform with a broad range applications across business functions, including manufacturing, fulfillment, distribution, and potentially retail store operations.” “The AMR market is one that has been ripe for consolidation for several years,” he added. “For Fetch, Zebra, and the market, this acquisition is one that should have a positive impact for all. For Fetch, this move brings them into stable environment that has a proven track record…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.73
October 19, 2021
…level of sales? Harting finds partners HARTING worked with Körber AG, a global systems integrator, as well as the Institute for Materials and Logistics to design and build the 600,000+ sq. ft. distribution center in Espelkamp, Germany. The facility, which went live in September 2019, is a showcase for warehouse and distribution center automation. It features technologies including the following: Automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) for non-value-added travel Automatic depalletizing, palletizing, and shrink-wrapping Pallet- and carton-handling, crane-based automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) Vertical lift modules (VLM) for small parts storage A shuttle system for buffer storage of order totes Pallet…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.91
February 05, 2022
…inventory-disposition decisions, noted Sean Elliott, chief technology officer at Körber Supply Chain, which offers WMS and WES software. A WMS typically tracks and manages inventory at an aggregate level in the DC, while a WES is aware of the automation status, knows current inventory levels in the automation, and has logic and rules to prioritize what system to assign the work to. “You do see more inventory disposition decisions being required for optimal execution,” said Elliott. “WMS vendors have taken on more execution capabilities because it’s the only way you can orchestrate that kind of inventory view into the execution…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.50
May 14, 2021
…integrators.” Other companies working on robot interoperability include Formant, Körber Supply Chain, SVT Robotics, and Waypoint Robotics. Standards efforts Improving the ability of different robots to communicate is the focus of working groups at the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and others. “Interoperability is important. It's a space we feel strongly about and are investing in,” said Fergal Glynn, vice president of marketing at 6 River Systems Inc. “We're a member and an active participant in the Materials Handling Industry's Robotics Group, and Chris Cacioppo, our chief technology officer, is working with MassRobotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.48
March 26, 2021
…aware” WMS encompasses WES. HighJump is also part of Körber, which offers warehouse automation and logistics software solutions. For instance, if a facility is doing AMR-assisted cluster picking in one zone and an AMR-based good-to-person workflow in another, with other fixed automation feeding into or out of those areas, WES keeps the overall flow balanced, says Elliott. Sean Elliot: “The WES, or in our case, our automation-aware WMS, is what is sitting in the middle, with visibility into which technology is doing what, and how to apportion work so that different robotic zones, the traditional automation, and the humans in…
