Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.48
August 28, 2018
…The company’s intent is to expedite and automate the delivery process from warehouse to customer by reducing 10-15% of supply chain inventory in transit. With less excess inventory, companies can run their supply chain more efficiently. With customer sites located across the globe in Japan, India, APAC, Europe, Latin America and the U.S., GreyOrange serves e-commerce, retail, consumer electronics, fashion, third-party logistics, fast-moving consumer goods, apparel and industrial tools companies. For one client in Japan, the company saw a 15% increase in warehouse storage efficiency and a 4x increase in throughput from the same warehouse. Another client in Latin America…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.67
August 24, 2018
…for the fuel tank domes by 87%, and cut delivery time from two years to three months. Using traditional manufacturing methods, the process was much slower and 80% of the titanium used in the domes was wasted. The EBAM system has a gross deposition rate from 7 to 25 lbs. of metal per hour, and also uses the company’s Interlayer Real-Time Imaging and Sensing System (IRISS) for adaptive control. The solution can sense and digitally self adjust metal deposition during the print. The LM 2100 (an update of the A2100) is Lockheed’s largest satellite bus, and is used for high-powered…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.51
August 21, 2018
…the rise in e-commerce and the need for quick delivery of goods. Amazon and other retailers are analyzing their supply chains and shifting how developers view warehouse space. By 2028, 40 percent of all parcels will be delivered within two hours, according to a study released earlier this year by Zebra Technologies. “The changes we’re undergoing right now are coming at a pace we’ve never seen before,” said Garrick Brown, vice president and head of retail research, Americas, at commercial brokerage Cushman & Wakefield. “The evolution in the next 10 years will match what we’ve seen in the last 40.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.17
July 20, 2018
…with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and rightfully so. Download Now! Drone Technology: Clarity from Above According PwC's study on the commercial applications of drone technology, the emerging global market for business services using drones is valued at over $127 billion. Download Now! Fast-Forwarding to a Future of On-Demand Urban Air Transportation This white paper delves into these challenges for achieving a successful VTOL transportation market, with an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.45
July 13, 2018
…30 minutes.” Faster than you can say “same day delivery,” drones were the buzzword du jour at supply chain conferences, much like RFID following the infamous Walmart mandate about a decade earlier. Given the number of e-commerce deliveries every day in my neighborhood in a small town in New Hampshire, I sometimes imagined the sky blackened with Amazon drones, like a scene out of Hitchcock’s The Birds. And then? Well, at least for now, my packages still arrive the old-fashioned way from a UPS, USPS or FedEx driver. Which isn’t to say that drones don’t have a role in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.07
July 09, 2018
…set schedules for drivers, using relay routes and changing delivery design systems to get drivers home more frequently are keys to fighting the driver shortage. “The ratio of those exiting the business against those entering the business is significantly unbalanced,” he says. And as trucking challenges and rates rose, rail was able to “raise prices sharply,” the report states, reversing a decline seen in 2016 rail pricing. Productivity improved among the Class 1 railroads with the report noting that some rails embraced what it called “precision railroading” principles. In the meantime, while international trade accounts for 27% of U.S. GDP—including…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.03
June 08, 2018
…enables vendors to deploy their products to ensure fast delivery all across the country without investing in facility assets. In Europe, an organization called ALICE—Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe—is a EU-funded European technology platform charged with developing a strategy for supply chains and logistics systems on the continent. It has made the PI the heart of its European strategic vision. Numerous millions European Union and businesses are working to make PI-based networks a widespread reality by 2030. That’s a long way from a headline in the Economist. Gary Ritzmann, project manager at Rochester Drug On mobile piece-picking…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.79
May 22, 2018
…and parcel shipping markets. Rising consumer demand for shorter delivery times has increased the need for improved efficiency in sortation, induction, and singulation of the millions of packages which must be handled each day. The repetitive nature of these material handling tasks leads to high employee turnover and thus a need for an automated solution.“It’s an exercise in labor optimization,” Plus One Robotics Chief Executive Erik Nieves said. “Our PickOne technology enables robots to perform these simple yet necessary operations, allowing employees to flow to higher value work.” At up to 1500 picks per hour, the software allows robots to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.76
April 30, 2018
…with the flexibility and speed to support local, faster delivery through multiple channels. In this new white paper, you’ll learn: Trends that are putting pressure on the warehouse A vision for how emerging automation solutions will help you meet the demands of the future Abstract The pace of change has never been as fast as it is today, and those changes will ultimately influence the warehouse of the future. From demographic shifts to increasing urbanization, and from drones to 3D printing, social and technology changes will put pressure on supply chain managers to move goods closer to consumers and develop…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.80
April 10, 2018
…the AMRs to pick up, transport and drop off delivery warehouse carts to any warehouse or manufacturing location. This lets human pickers stay in their pick areas, and lets the robots do the transport to locations such a pack/ship stations, explained Carl Showalter, Fetch COO, at a booth visit. The RollerTop robots have integrated active conveyor modules on the top of the units, which allows them to dependably hand off or receive material from fixed conveyance. With the simple integration of FetchLink controllers with facility conveyor control systems, customers can quickly deploy AMR-to-conveyor workflows that require no human interaction. Both…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.46
April 10, 2018
…availability and throughput requirements. Download Now! Precise Cross-Belt Sortation: Unlocking Efficient E-Commerce Distribution In the burgeoning e-commerce market, speedy delivery and diverse offerings are customer expectations, and the ability to deliver these via a seamless customer experience will increasingly separate leaders from laggards. Download Now! More Honeywell Intelligrated Resources
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.70
April 06, 2018
…are both pushing the envelope on order velocities and delivery speeds. He’s also realistic about what those robots will and won’t be able to do. Along with the exoskeleton suits, he also envisions a time when robots can either remove full pallets or build out box- and case-loads in an autonomous fashion—but probably not both—at the same dock door. “Those two robots are going to look pretty different from one another, and they’re going to be configured differently,” says Santagate. “That’s where some of the complexity is coming in on the design side right now. When you’re talking about warehousing,…
