Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.24
November 15, 2018
…robot production and to build a sales, marketing and delivery organization that works closely with leading distributors to transform the supply chain. “Distributors and retailers need more workers to meet the demands of e-commerce. In the U.S. alone, consumers spend 40 billion hours picking items from store shelves,” said Joel Reed, IAM Robotics CEO & President. “As we buy more items online, that work moves to the warehouse. Currently, there are not enough people in the workforce to do this for us. The answer is to give organizations a tool that increases existing worker productivity, fosters greater job satisfaction, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.19
November 13, 2018
…customers in urban areas. With two day or less delivery times, they’re forced to go to a more complex network strategy.” While not a CapRock customer, Pharris noted that Amazon has a small fulfillment center in Orange County, where his office is located. “I’m in Newport Beach, surrounded by 7-to-15 story office buildings, and in the midst of that, there’s this small building where Amazon stores the top 500 SKUs bought in Orange County,” Pharris said. “I’m shocked that more Fortune 500 and big box retailers aren’t doing that strategy.” The buildings don’t just take up a smaller footprint. Instead…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.64
October 31, 2018
…to workstations where humans can efficiently package them for delivery. By having robots find and move specific products in this goods-to-person model, it’s no longer necessary to have humans walking up and down aisles all day pulling orders. This not only makes better use of human resources, it results in dramatically reduced pick times. But, equally important, the compact and modular design of these robotic systems brings a new degree of flexibility to fulfillment operations. Here are three examples: If you’re fortunate enough to be experiencing the same level of growth in your business as the ecommerce industry as a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.17
October 30, 2018
…company notes. Reduce cross-docking times and speed up shipment deliveries: Autonomous vehicles with self-guiding abilities can reduce cross-docking times and improve accuracy and rates of picking, packing, sorting, and labeling of items, Deloitte notes. This, in turn, increases perfect order rates and potentially drives higher customer satisfaction levels. “The time for companies to assess their supply chains for piloting autonomous robots is now,” Deloitte concludes in its autonomous robots and drones report. “Depending on needs and existing capabilities within the supply chain, implementing autonomous robots - from robotic process automation to self-guiding vehicles with artificial intelligence - can provide significant…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.81
October 29, 2018
…expanding businesses, and to expand the opportunities of its citizens through the jobs these businesses create. Its Total Workforce Delivery System has provided thousands of skilled employees to Alabama industries since 1971.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.56
October 15, 2018
…information such as the number of trucks available for delivery ahead of time so customers can know the price and approximate time frames for future deliveries. Together, these factors are driving progress in AI and making it an increasingly viable technology in many fields. But how exactly can the technology transform supply chain and logistics management? 6 Ways in which AI can Revolutionize Supply Chain Management and Logistics 1. AI allows greater contextual intelligence which provides the knowledge needed to reduce operations costs and inventory, and respond to clients quicker The adoption of machine learning and other AI technologies provides…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.07
October 08, 2018
…percent by 2030, largely through the reduction of labor Delivery lead times will fall by 40 percent Trucks will be in use on the road for 78 percent of the time, rather than the current industry average in Europe of 29 percent Reducing Logistics Costs The digitization and automation of processes and delivery vehicles will reduce logistics costs for standardized transport by 47% by 2030, according to a new report from PwC’s Strategy& consultancy. The Global Truck Study 2018 has found that around 80% of these savings will be attributable to the reduction of personnel in the transport and logistics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.65
October 07, 2018
…system. This high-speed, flexible solution supports same-day and next-day deliveries by shortening order-to-shipment times and helping workers minimize walk-time and manual errors. Investment in Technology XPO's latest robotics implementation is part of the company's planned $450 million investment in technology this year. Other recent innovations include the XPO Direct shared-space distribution network, voice integration with Amazon Echo and Google Home to track the last mile delivery of heavy goods, and the XPO Connect digital freight marketplace with multimodal infrastructure. As reported by FreightWaves, XPO has worked with 29 robotics companies and deployed 79 different types of robots across its warehouses.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.95
October 01, 2018
…prime land parcels, the continued growth of e-commerce, last-mile delivery, and warehousing are collectively driving significant demand for industrial properties, as well as driving innovation in terms of how assets are built and utilized. What’s more, the firm pointed out that given tight logistics vacancy rates currently below 3%, a tight labor market that is necessitating more warehouse technologies, and a dearth of needed prime developable land, and increasing demand for last-mile distribution facilities, JLL said this has led to more heightened attention for small- and mid-sized buildings, with around 60% of new warehouse development made up of facilities ranging…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.67
September 06, 2018
Aerial Inventory Robots Unlike their highly publicized home delivery cousins, drones designed for warehouse uses have been flying under the radar. However, a high-profile board appointment to an indoor drone pioneer could mean aerial inventory robots are ready to come out of the shadows. In August, Chris Sultemeier, former executive vice president of logistics for Walmart, joined the board of warehouse drone pioneer PINC to help roll out the company's new technology. Read the Article: Former Walmart Executive Chris Sultemeier Joins Warehouse Drone Pioneer PINC “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing the PINC team for almost four years now,” Sultemeier…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.86
September 06, 2018
…Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership completed a long-distance drone delivery test, delivering an ice-cream cone to a child. The Kansas Department of Transportation flew a BVLOS flight, where almost 50 people watched a demonstration where drones were flown beyond pilots’ sight. In Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation and FAA used drones to help bait feral hog traps. Earlier this year, Dan Elwell, the Acting Administrator of the FAA, talked about the FAA being “open for business” in terms of how the agency wanted to actively collaborate with drone industry stakeholders. Related Article: Warehouse Drones Ready for Digital Inventory Management Related Resources…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.22
September 05, 2018
…practices and high turnover. While new local driving and delivery jobs (with humans at the wheel) would be created, data suggests these jobs could pay just half as much as those lost through automation. These workers are also likely to be misclassified as independent contractors, without basic benefits, labor protections, or the right to organize for better pay and conditions. “This is the first study to both forecast potential scenarios for how autonomous trucks could be adopted by specific segments of the trucking industry, and what that could mean for the quality of trucking jobs,” said author Steve Viscelli. “In…
