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Unlocking Efficiency: How Warehouse Mapping Streamlines Your Inventory Management Process

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As technology continues to shape our lives and provide convenience, it also helps large and small businesses enhance their productivity.

Inventory management is a critical aspect of running a successful business; it is a key tool that can significantly enhance the process of warehouse mapping.

Whether you run a small retail store or a large distribution center, efficient inventory management can save you time and overhead expenditure. [Read more…] about Unlocking Efficiency: How Warehouse Mapping Streamlines Your Inventory Management Process

Locus Robotics expands presence in Europe and Central America

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Locus Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, has increased its global presence with expansion across two continents.

In Europe, the US-based robotics supplier has announced an expanded commitment to Italy and Poland, while in Central America, lifestyle brand, Solo Brands has deployed the AI-enabled Locus AMR Solution at its fulfilment warehouse in Mexicali, Mexico.

The deal represents Locus’s first AMR deployment in the Mexico region.  [Read more…] about Locus Robotics expands presence in Europe and Central America

Top 3 Benefits of Outsourcing Logistics

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Looking to free up time and resources to focus on other areas of growth for your business? It’s only natural – and outsourcing logistics is a good place to start. So, what can you expect? Cost savings, along with improved efficiency, scalability, and flexibility, to name a few.

Besides helping you direct efforts toward essential business practices, access to logistics expertise also reduces risks in the supply chain – and ultimately leads to increased customer satisfaction. After all, who doesn’t want their order fulfilled timely and accurately?

Let’s take a more in-depth look at the top three benefits of outsourcing logistics and see the what, the why, and the how converging in great solutions for your business. [Read more…] about Top 3 Benefits of Outsourcing Logistics

Mecalux launches an AI-driven robotic order picking system with Siemens technology

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Large storage systems supplier Mecalux has unveiled what it describes as “a state-of-the-art technological solution” to optimise order picking: an innovative collaborative robotic picking system based on the latest artificial intelligence technology.

Mecalux’s new automated solution incorporates Siemens’ SIMATIC Robot Pick AI technology, a groundbreaking vision software that employs deep learning algorithms to significantly streamline picking in warehouses.

With artificial intelligence integrated into the programmable logic controller (SIMATIC S7-1500, the collaborative robot (cobot) performs order picking with total autonomy and maximum accuracy. [Read more…] about Mecalux launches an AI-driven robotic order picking system with Siemens technology

To What Degree Should You Outsource Your Logistics?

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Unless you offer a solely digital-based product or service, logistics will need to be factored into your business plan.

For the most part, it’s easy to use third parties for a great number of these services. For example, you might use a third-party courier service to deliver your custom products to clients.

But that’s not the end of the story. After all, some companies may have more in-depth logistical needs, perhaps running trucks on the road seven days a week, or using custom vehicles to transport sensitive goods from one place to another. [Read more…] about To What Degree Should You Outsource Your Logistics?

Warehouse automation specialist AutoStore launches new robot

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AutoStore, a builder of robotic technologies for warehouses, has introduced its new R5 Pro Robot, the latest version of the company’s R5 Robot.

This new robotic solution is designed to address the specific demands of large-scale e-commerce operations, emphasizing better space usage, higher performance, and reduced total ownership costs for companies running multishift operations at scale.

Carlos Fernandez, chief product officer at AutoStore, points to the growing demand for large, high-throughput systems in the e-commerce sector. [Read more…] about Warehouse automation specialist AutoStore launches new robot

Boston Dynamics gives new powers to truck-unloading robot

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Boston Dynamics says it has introduced “a major advancement” in its robotic truck-unloading system.

The system, which is built around Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot, can now pick and place multiple boxes at the same time – “currently up to four at once”.

The company calls this new feature “multipick”. [Read more…] about Boston Dynamics gives new powers to truck-unloading robot

Amazon adds two new robots, including one humanoid, to the 750,000 already working in its warehouses

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Amazon has revealed that it now has over 750,000 robots working collaboratively with employees, taking on highly repetitive tasks and freeing employees up to “better deliver for our customers”.

With all of these efforts under way, Amazon has just launched a new robotic system in time to help fulfill customer orders for holiday shopping this year. Sequoia is the name of this new technology, and it’s now operating at one of the fulfillment centers in Houston, Texas.

By reimagining how the company stores and manages inventory at its sites, Sequoia will help Amazon delight customers with greater speed and increased accuracy for delivery estimates, while also improving employee safety at the company’s facilities. [Read more…] about Amazon adds two new robots, including one humanoid, to the 750,000 already working in its warehouses

Greenspace Industrial’s Innovative Mini Load ASRS System for Enhanced Warehousing Efficiency

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Greenspace Industrial, a warehouse automation and industrial solutions company, has unveiled its latest advancement in automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) with the introduction of the Mini Load ASRS.

Warehousing and distribution are critical components of modern supply chains, and Greenspace Industrial is dedicated to offering advanced solutions that empower businesses to optimize their operations.

The Mini Load ASRS is designed to tackle the most pressing challenges faced by today’s warehouses, from space limitations to labor costs and order accuracy. [Read more…] about Greenspace Industrial’s Innovative Mini Load ASRS System for Enhanced Warehousing Efficiency

Logistics company reduces workers’ walking time by 40 percent with Zebra robots

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Zebra Technologies automation systems have reduced the time workers walk to complete a task by “40 percent” at the JAS Contract Logistics Super Hub.

Zebra, a specialist provider of supply chain automation technologies, says logistics company JAS Worldwide selected Zebra’s Robotics Automation solution to drive efficiency in its fulfillment operations.

Zebra’s CartConnect100 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) support JAS Worldwide’s strategy to increase throughput for its fulfillment customers at its new 300,000 square-foot Contract Logistics Super Hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi. [Read more…] about Logistics company reduces workers’ walking time by 40 percent with Zebra robots