Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.13
February 28, 2020
…ad-hoc to meet stringent time limits. “The manufacture and delivery of an additional 13 new Velaro trains will see us work on multiple vehicles over a long period of time, and within very strict time constraints. As a result, 3D printing makes for a perfect add-on to aid our production and provides us with the flexibility to replace and create parts ourselves, anytime they are needed,” adds Fedoseev. The Fortus 450mc 3D Printers allow Siemens Mobility to print rail parts in industrial-grade materials, with durable properties that can survive Russia’s extreme temperatures. In particular, Stratasys provides materials that are key…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.91
February 19, 2020
…strategic investor that identifies and accelerates the development and delivery of technologies to support the mission of the U.S. government agencies. Markforged 3D printers are used in manufacturing everything from automobiles to aircraft engines. The company offers metal printers with the entire range of metals—from high-conductivity copper to industrial tool steel to superalloys like Inconel—all in a safe, fast and easy-to-use platform. Its industrial composite platform can print in continuous carbon fiber, Kevlar and more, creating functional parts. Markforged has a strong history of technology involvement in the government and defense sectors, as branches of the U.S. military have hundreds…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.27
February 06, 2020
…days when folks allowed six to eight weeks for delivery. Despite incredible progress, compressing the transactions hasn’t increased visibility of the spaces in between. A new generation of location-based data analysis tools are working to collect information about the movement of items, employees and assets. The possibilities are tremendous, leading one solution provider to boldly declare that a Holy Grail has been found. But it’s also reminiscent of some 20-year-old claims surrounding RFID. Modern spoke with industry experts to determine how the latest technologies are different, what already works and what might be coming soon. Building a detailed map John…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.00
February 05, 2020
…for example, detecting and acting on inconsistent quality or delivery performance. Leveraging the data lake There is a universe of information outside of a company’s ERP, QMS, Strategic Sourcing, and PLM systems; much of that other information is stored in spreadsheets and email. This data is unstructured, and therefore incompatible with traditional data warehouses driven by relational databases. Increasingly, organizations are turning to the data lake approach. A data lake stores relational data from business applications, as well as non-relational data from mobile apps, IoT devices, and communications applications and social media. With the vast amounts of data collected across…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.50
February 05, 2020
…chains will do to ensure timely, accurate shipping and delivery. The average volume of e-commerce packages has increased more than 20% since 2018, and with all organizations looking to achieve 100% transparency, customers expect to know everything. It is not enough to offer the lowest-cost shipping in today’s world; shippers must offer shipping that defies logic and reason, moving products from warehouse to customer within mere hours. In addition, the likelihood of customer expectations increasing further only continues to grow, and customers play a vital role in building brand reputation. As also explained by the 2020 State of the Third-Party…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.00
February 04, 2020
…commercial real estate firm Transwestern. A year ago, two-day delivery was considered “prime.” Now, many expect to receive their purchase same day or next day at worst. By definition, that means warehouses have to be closer to consumers. Some dying malls are being turned into distribution centers as we speak. Order-on-line, pick-up-in-store is now much more than a less-than-elegant kluge. It is a valuable offering in retail. And, it is changing how retail fills orders. At the same time, all those personal shoppers at Whole Foods and elsewhere are about to disappear into the back room. It’s called micro-fulfillment, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.05
February 03, 2020
…times the cost and achieve literally the same power delivery.” LaFevers recently visited a site with nine large, power-intensive charging stations for lithium-ion equipment. Of the trucks parked in the charger bays, only one was plugged in. “That’s a piece you have to ask yourself: What is the likelihood that the operator will fail to charge? Then change your math. It starts to really put some holes in the payback model.” Holes in data collection practices present opportunities to find and quantify efficiencies. LaFevers explains that some customers have advanced warehouse management and labor management systems with very visible data…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.78
January 22, 2020
…said they would wait four days or more for delivery of a personal product, and 20% aren’t willing to wait any extra time at all for personalized items to come their way. Consumers’ increasing demand for personalization capabilities, coupled with their refusal to incur any extra wait time for delivery, sets up a major design challenge for engineers. “Demand for personalization requires a product design process that’s more nimble and responsive to consumer needs,” explains Olivier Sappin, CEO, CATIA, at Dassault Systèmes. “To keep up with consumer expectations, a business needs to produce and deliver personalized products with almost the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.61
January 21, 2020
…be aggregated in a single order. Grocers offering home delivery or store pickup can’t limit the products they offer their customers to those that can be easily handled by an automated system. Instead they must consolidate fresh produce, meats and seafood, and frozen foods with automation-friendly non-perishable and refrigerated items. That requires tight integration between manual and automated picking processes. One key to an effective strategy is determining the best way to utilize existing stores in integrating these processes. Is it more advantageous to invest in automated distribution centers that can support customers in a regional hub-and-spoke system or add…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.85
January 14, 2020
…are positioned to take a lead role in the delivery of this technology for our customers, but do so in a way that helps both companies to take advantage of the competencies of each. Our collaborative approach to go to market, leadership alignment, and the ability to expose Locus Robotics to the Körber customer base positions us to add value for our customers and drive new business opportunities for Locus Robotics.” Leavitt pointed out that together with HighJump, Locus is able to streamline the integration process to successfully mitigate the often-challenging aspects facing most automation deployments. As an example, she…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.13
January 09, 2020
…machinery to optimize routing around a warehouse Revolutionary Last-Mile Delivery LSPs have long wrestled with the “Last-Mile Delivery” problem - how to maximize the speed and efficiency of getting goods from a local distribution center to their final destination. 5G can help to bridge this gap, by supporting new technology like drone delivery. A remote pilot could fly a drone using video and haptic feedback; alternatively, drones may even become fully autonomous, with 5G supporting their sensors and communications. Self-driving vehicles can also help with last-mile delivery, with vans and cars able to navigate to the customer’s location. In the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.45
January 09, 2020
…That list includes things like AI, IoT, Blockchain, robotics, delivery by drone, and (down the road) autonomous vehicles. The state of parcel delivery and its last-mile logistics brethren will continue to get more and more specialization, one can assume, too. Given the heightened state of e-commerce and last-mile, how could it not? Amazon said it was on track to deliver 3.5 billion packages on its own in 2019, a staggering sum, considering where it was only a few years ago. And it is a number that is only going to grow as time goes on. Not to mention that UPS…
