Tag: fulfilment
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European retail giant Otto Group to install more than 100 Covariant robots at fulfilment centres
Otto Group, one of the largest online retailers in Europe, is entering into a long-term strategic partnership with Covariant, an AI robotics company. Covariant’s AI-powered robots will be used to automate a wide range of manual fulfilment activities that require hand-eye coordination and object manipulation – supporting Otto Group to enhance services for its customers…
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SEKO Logistics partners with GreyOrange to scale up warehouse operations
SEKO Logistics, a global logistics provider, is today announcing a strategic partnership with GreyOrange, a global leader in automated robotic fulfilment and inventory optimization software, to help scale-up its warehouse operations. The partnership, which will involve SEKO using a fleet of GreyOrange’s Ranger Assist Bots and GreyMatter fulfilment orchestration platform, will enable the company to…
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Unbox Robotics launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ vertical robotics sortation solution
Unbox Robotics, a robotics technology company specializing in logistics, has launched what it says is “the first-of-its-kind vertical robotics sortation solution”. Called “UnboxSort”, the solution was unveiled on the sidelines of the India Warehousing Show 2022 in New Delhi. Unbox describes UnboxSort as a “swarm intelligence-powered Industry 4.0 plug-and-play robotics solution”. With the help of…
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GreyOrange expands robotics reach to new European markets
GreyOrange, a warehouse robotics and automation company, has expanded its GreyMatter operating system and Ranger MoveSmart robots in Active Ants’ e-fulfilment centre in Willebroek, Belgium. GreyOrange says its solution to modern fulfilment has already been providing higher value and higher levels of efficiency to the Active Ants fulfilment centre in The Netherlands and has since…
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Webinar: Reuters looks into healthcare supply chains
Register here for the free and live webinar now on Tuesday 18th May, 11am EDT Webinar: How Automation Can Hold the Key to Increased Efficiency for Healthcare Fulfilment, on Tuesday 18th May (11am EDT) Healthcare supply chains have been placed under huge stress over the past 15 months given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
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A guide to storing, packing, and shipping your inventory
Scaling a business can be difficult when there are a lot of moving parts to consider. Here’s a short guide on the fulfilment stages of a retail operation, to support your storage, packing, and shipping process. Securing a safe space to store Where are you storing your inventory? If you’re dealing with small products, a…
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Fabric raises $110 million in new investment round backed by Kraft Heinz
On-demand fulfillment services startup Fabric has raised an additional investment to its Series B round from Evolv Ventures, the investment arm of Kraft Heinz, one of the largest global food and beverage companies in the world. Led by a team of food, startup, and venture capital veterans, Evolv Ventures is focused on strategic investments in…
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ABB and Covariant partner to deploy integrated AI robotic solutions
ABB, one of the world’s leading supplier of industrial robots, and Silicon Valley AI start-up, Covariant, have formed a partnership to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution. ABB says the partnership brings together two companies with a shared vision for robotics enabled by AI, where intelligent…
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Dematic launches new micro-fulfilment solution
Intralogistics giant Dematic has launched its new micro-fulfilment solution, and has immediately found a large-scale customer. Dematic says its new micro-fulfilment solution is designed to “help retailers across industries address increased consumer demand for rapid online order fulfilment in a small footprint”. The Dematic solution empowers customers with high throughput requirements to maximise space and…
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Locus Robotics and Manhattan team up for retail and 3PL customers
Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, has announced a strategic integration partnership with Manhattan Associates, a supply chain and omnichannel solutions provider. The partnership makes Manhattan a licensed reseller of Locus’s autonomous, multi-robot solution for warehouse fulfillment and will facilitate the development of integration tools to improve productivity and…