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Warehousing
Plug-and-Play Robotic Case Handler to Simplify Warehousing
QuickBot depalletizer – or QB, as it has been nicknamed – automates warehouse receiving operations with robots through easy installation and can be picking cases within a few hours.
AI/AR
AI for Warehouse Management: Getting Ahead of Supply Chain Challenges
Automation
From Goods-to-Persons Systems to Goods-to-Robots Solutions
Retention
Generation Gap Leading Cause of Labor Shortage in Warehouses
Material Handling Equipment
Automated Shuttle System to Optimize Micro-Fulfillment Services
Robotics
Warehouse Robotics: Creating an Efficient Supply Chain and Logistics for E-Commerce
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Sourcing & Procurement
Nominations Open for Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2023 Pros to Know Award
Are you or someone in your organization an outstanding leader, reinventing what it means to be a supply chain professional? Get them nominated by Dec. 30.
Rail & Intermodal
Industry Leaders Urge Congress to Take Action to Prevent “Paralyzing” Rail Strike
The national rail strike, which could happen as early as Dec. 5, could threaten the nation’s coal shipments, supply of drinking water and shut down passenger rail.
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SCN Summit: Future of Supply Chains
December 5, 2022
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Let's talk future! Sit down with industry experts and thought leaders to talk about what’s in store for the supply chain space and more. Register now for the Dec. 5-8 virtual event!
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Robotics
Best Co-Worker Ever: Partnering People With Technology for the Warehouse of the Future
This case study dives into how Carhartt partnered with DHL Supply Chain to keep up with a quick consumer demand increase and drive speed to market.
Robotics
Robots Aren't Replacing Workers Despite Labor Shortage
Over 55% of manufacturers report having 10 or more robots in their facilities, with nearly one in three (32%) saying they have 30 or more.
Warehousing
Frontline Workers Gravitate Towards Better Technology
New research shows that warehouse workers will go where the modern and tech-focused equipment is, even if it makes a pay cut, as long as it helps them do their job better.
Robotics
Industrial Cobot Transforms Packaging, Palletizing Process
The UR20 cobot features an entirely new joint design that will allow for even faster cycle times as well as the ability to handle heavier loads.
Material Handling Equipment
Geek+, Reesink Logistic Solutions Partnership Expands AMR Presence in Northern Europe
The partnership will help both companies provide automated mobile robots to Northern Europe, with a focus on the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland.
Automation
Aurobindo Pharma Increases Throughput with ASRS as Hub of Integrated Distribution Network
With annual growth routinely surpassing double digits per year, even Aurobindo Pharma's advanced operation required further automation investments to meet current and future demands.
Robotics
New Safety Standard Builds Trust in Autonomous Mobile Robots
In a recent global Warehouse Vision Study commissioned by Zebra Technologies, 76% of warehouse associates agreed they would feel comfortable working alongside an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), and it’s important we keep it that way.
Warehousing
Surpassing the Mechanical Limitations of Legacy Systems
The need for automation has become more exacerbated during COVID lockdown challenges. Throughout the global pandemic, the need for automation has outpaced the solution cost.
Material Handling Equipment
Warehouse Automation Market to Reach $41B in Next 5 Years
Mega-trends like aging population, globalization, health and safety, mobility, green logistics, autonomous world, urbanization, individualization and digitization need to be given more consideration and weight than in the past.
Automation
150,000-Plus AGVs to be Deployed in Seaports by 2027
What's more is, over 7,000 inspection robots were deployed in rail infrastructure globally in 2021.
Retail
Berkshire Grey Enables Retailers To Transform Any Space Into Automated Warehouses
A new mobile robotic platform from Berkshire Grey allows retailers to turn any floor into a flexible any-to-any induct-to-discharge sortation system.
Sanitization
3 Ways AI Is the Future of Warehouse Cleaning
To remain profitable and effective, warehouses must look for efficiencies elsewhere. Many are finding solutions through an unexpected team player: cleaning robots.
Warehousing
Warehouse Automation Investment Is Now Essential
Three meaningful warehousing sector trends are driving investments in new technologies: The ongoing labor crunch; a renewed mandate for more operational flexibility; and global initiatives for digital transformation.
Warehousing
MODEX In Person Was Return to Normalcy We Needed
I couldn’t help but revel in the fact that there were no mandatory masks, no pre-screening tests, no questionnaires to fill out. It’s almost as though it started where MODEX 2020 left off.
MODEX
Mobile Robots with Navigation Technology
The three new mobile robots utilize natural feature navigation technology and require little to no added infrastructure.
MODEX
User-Directed Pallet Mover Drives Autonomously
BUD can transport and drop off loads of up to 3,300 pounds with basic obstacle avoidance and a swappable lithium battery to deliver exceptional operational flexibility.
MODEX
Multi-Level Storage and Retrieval System Boosts Storage Density
The Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick is a multi-level storage and retrieval system that uses Geek+’s X-series four-way shuttle robots to boost storage density while devoting the ground floor to picking operations entrusted to the flagship P800 robots.
Robotics
Intelligent Warehouse Execution Platform for End-to-End Optimization
Locus Vector and Locus Max are an extension to the family of AMRs that addresses use cases from e-commerce, case picking and pallet picking.
Robotics
Goods-to-Person Warehouse Automation Technology
Wireless Infinity iBOT robotic vehicles access all inventory and port stations, moving freely underneath and throughout the system with no wasted mechanical motion.
MODEX
Co-Bot Pallet Jack Augments Throughput
Vecna Robotics also collaborated with Quanergy Systems on the lidar technology used by the CPJ to enable mass-market adoption and democratize access to automation.
Robotics
World’s Smartest Autonomous Forklift Improves Warehouse Safety
OTTO Lifter is a smart autonomous forklift that drives nimbly in crowded and dynamic environments and improves safety in warehouses and facilities.
Robotics
Logistics Professionals Express Growing Confidence in AI Robotics
Almost half of survey respondents assert that intelligent robots have become smart enough to reliably run pick-and-place stations.
Micro-Fulfillment
Enhancing Automated Sortation Process
tSort3D allows 6-8 times the sort destinations in the same space as other traditional automated sortation solutions, provides for thousands of sort destinations, volumes up to 20,000 an hour and facilitates a single, very large batch pick.
Robotics
Robotic System for Autonomous E-Commerce Autobagging
This system combines automated picking with intelligent placement for packing e-commerce items directly into autobagging equipment, thereby increasing throughput capacity without adding additional labor.
Robotics
Will Robots Hurt or Help Your Warehouse?
There are five questions you should be asking to decide whether robots will help or hurt your warehouse.
Software & Technology
What's In Store for the Floor of MODEX 2022?
Innovation in the past two years means there is likely to be interesting new things to see on the floor of MODEX 2022.
Automation
Lifestyle E-Commerce Provider Launches Largest Autostore in Latin America
Dafiti Group launches a 581,251-square-foot warehouse, powered by Bastian Solutions, with the capacity for 3.6 million products that can be processed at a 4,800 products per hour.
Warehousing
Geek+ Showcased Newest Warehouse Robots, RoboShuttle+P40, at Manifest
RoboShuttle+P40 both maximize warehouse efficiency and storage space and boost picking accuracy.
Transportation
Manifest: The Future of Logistics is Now
What does Ludacris and logistics have in common? Manifest 2022 brought together close to 1,400 in-person attendees, 100-plus exhibitors and over 200 thought leaders to talk the future of logistics, capped off with a performance of songs from the past.
Robotics
How Robot Operations Will Fix the Broken Supply Chain
In a world undergoing massive transitions, severe health scenarios, climate-related challenges and volatile markets, the golden era of smart automation is just beginning.
