Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.56
…of Honeywell Intelligrated: “Increasing consumer expectations for fast, accurate delivery are driving an evolution in the way retail distribution center operations are conducted. To stay competitive, DCs must adapt to the seemingly unlimited pace of change in e-commerce.” Although it gained only one spot as a result, Murata (Muratec USA) posted the highest annual growth rate, increasing revenues by 34% to tie Honeywell Intelligrated in the fourth spot with $1.8 billion. A spokesperson says the Japanese market was extremely active this year in the logistics automation market and especially with respect to a large number of manufacturing automation projects. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.02
…30,000 critical-care ventilator units with Ventec Life Systems, with delivery promised for end of August. Instead of relying on machine shops and lengthy cycles to change over production lines, GM was able to reverse engineer part data for tooling fixtures from the original ventilator manufacturer and start outputting tooling right away with ventilator production and assembly soon after. There’s also an automatic offload path to transfer workloads to Stratasys Direct Manufacturing for parts on-demand, which helps GM run at a high utilization rate for its existing machines with the ability to expand in-house capacity when needed. “A 3D printer doesn’t…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.71
…them to place warehouses closer to cities for faster delivery times and save money on real estate. “We’re privileged and honored to partner with Ontario Teachers’,” says Scott Gravelle, Attabotics founder, CEO & CTO. “Attabotics has seen a significant uptick in interest from retailers and brands because we have created an innovative way for commerce companies to modernize their supply chain. COVID-19 has drastically accelerated commerce growth and demand for warehouse space, making supply chain efficiency a critical issue for all.” The company currently has six live installations in North America spanning customers across retail, B2B, food & beverage, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.41
…fulfillment through automation in a way that met customer delivery windows while keeping utilization high and steady. The first WES suppliers got a foothold in Distribution Centers (DCs) that were installing high-end, fixed automation like sortation systems. These operations needed a nimbler way of releasing work to the floor versus the “waves” of work that most warehouse management system solutions of the time batched together for processing. Today, that core purpose for WES still remains, but the value proposition is expanding. Instead of optimization of one major automation system in mind, it’s about optimizing flow across all assets and resources,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.63
…manufacturers pointed out that their main challenge is to lower production costs and 51% are looking to improve on-time delivery and to estimate delays. “Plataine is proud to collaborate with SME once again on this survey,” Avner Ben-Bassat, president and CEO of Plataine, adds. “We're seeing a significant increase in global adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies since our previous survey in 2018. The market is adapting to the changes and decision makers keep up the pace and onboard innovative technologies, driving increased agility and improved efficiencies.” Access the full “Trends in Global Digital Manufacturing” survey here.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.34
…to our homes. One of the world’s largest parcel delivery services, UPS generated a total of $74 billion in revenue in 2019 and delivered more than 5.5 billion packages and documents. Perhaps less well-known is UPS’s Supply Chain Services, or SCS, a $13 billion division that handles everything from freight forwarding to e-commerce fulfillment services targeted at the small- to mid-sized (SMB) business community. As with most providers of third-party services, UPS’s e-commerce fulfillment operations are balancing growth and transformation to adapt to a rapidly changing market. And while it’s simple to attribute the changes to the pandemic, many of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.38
…in addition to its Additive Manufacturing Network, an online order-to-delivery collaboration platform for industrial AM, is addressing the security challenges related to 3D printing in various ways. Officials see the digitalization of the design-to-production process as creating new opportunities to address longstanding traceability issues, whether the production method is 3D printing or traditional practices like computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling, according to Aaron Frankel, vice president of Siemens’ additive manufacturing software program. Early in the design cycle, users of NX can specify rules for CAD files that might dictate that a particular part design can only be 3D printed a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.03
…the DINOs learned of the honor when an unannounced delivery arrived at their doorsteps. “We considered postponing the awards to coincide with the 2021 AMUG Conference, but the committee unanimously agreed that DINO recognitions should not be delayed,” says Gary Rabinovitz, AMUG chairman and chair of the DINO Selection Committee. The 2020 DINOs have a long history in additive manufacturing and years of contributions to the AM industry and AMUG so “it would be unfair to make them wait nearly a year for recognition of all that they have done,” Rabinovitz adds. The 2020 DINOs are: Jeff DeGrange, Impossible Objects…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.29
…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 260,000 square-foot state-of-the-art Memphis, Tenn.-based World Distribution Center (WDC), which will be overseen and operated by DHL Supply Chain. This facility, which will be comprised of 105 DHL Supply Chain associates, will be comprised of various offerings and services, including: DHL’s proprietary warehousing and inventory management system, automated storage and retrieval systems and augmented reality-assisted picking, to maximize efficiency and productivity, digital technologies, like DHL’s MySupplyChain application and GPS tracking for final…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.39
…efficiency is critical to providing an accurate and fast delivery experience, and the demand for this continues to grow. Our solution from 6 River Systems enables us to increase our throughput and get more orders out the door and into customers’ hands. We are excited about their commitment to continually improving and developing their product,” said Glen Sutton, SVP Americas, Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services. 6 River System’s order allocation algorithm and optimizations support batch, zone and other picking methodologies to reduce associate walking in the warehouse. With large, modular, multi-level workspaces, Chuck is the most flexible collaborative mobile…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.44
…into its logistics network to offer cheaper and faster delivery, as well as its cashier-less grocery stores. Jeff Bezos Excited by Autonomous Transportation Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has made no secret of his excitement about the potential of autonomous driving. The company has been using self-driving trucks developed by Embark to haul some cargo on the I-10 interstate highway, and Bezos told employees at an all-hands staff meeting last year that he’s fascinated by recent developments in the auto industry. Read: Why Elon Musk Accelerated Tesla Semi Truck Production Amazon has been working on its own autonomous vehicle technology projects,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.23
…a truck driver who was exposed while making a delivery? The truth is, like so much else related to COVID-19, the honest answer is that we don’t know. “We’re in uncharted waters,” said Jim Curtis, a Chicago-based lawyer at Seyfarth. “We’ve never faced an issue like this.” The one thing we do know, he adds, is that “there’s going to be lots of litigation over this before it’s done. We’re spending a lot of time talking with our clients about the measures they have in place, and what they have not done that they should do.” With that in mind,…