Tag: parcels
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Pitney Bowes ‘strengthening’ automation across its entire logistics network
Pitney Bowes, a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services, says it is strengthening its domestic parcels network and service. Pitney Bowes, a company with a long history of innovation, is leveraging a number of emerging technologies, including automated parcel sortation equipment and robotics to efficiently enable on-time deliveries, and…
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Ambi Robotics and OSM partner to automate parcel sortation systems
Ambi Robotics, a provider of AI-powered robotic solutions for parcel sorting operations, has agreed a commercial partnership with OSM Worldwide, a global parcel and logistics services company. Under the partnership, Ambi Robotics will deploy its flagship AmbiSort A-Series system to OSM Worldwide’s warehouse locations in Atlanta, Chicago, and Las Vegas in a minimum four-year Robots-as-a-Service…
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Plus One Robotics’ parcel handling solutions surpass 500 million picks
Plus One Robotics, a provider of a parcel handling robotics platform claiming to performing over 1 million parcel picks each day in production, says its platform has reached over half a billion parcel picks globally. The company says the 500 million figure is “currently an industry leading metric”. Erik Nieves, Plus One Robotics’ CEO and…
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Cleveron launches its ‘most compact’ robotic parcel store
Cleveron has launched the new Cleveron 403, a compact parcel robot specifically designed for smaller format stores. The compact size and affordable price make the robotics-based click and collect solution an effective alternative to manual parcel handout and to traditional parcel lockers. Cleveron 403 saves expensive store space – the smallest model holds 157 parcels…
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FedEx to use Dollar General stores for parcel drop-off and pick-up
FedEx Corp. and Dollar General announced today a strategic alliance that will offer new, convenient access to FedEx drop-off and pickup services at thousands of Dollar General stores across the USA. The effort is designed to increase access for all customers, particularly those living in rural communities. FedEx and Dollar General plan to begin rolling…
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UPS using automation to move more parcels with same number of people, says boss
The chief executive of logistics giant UPS says the company is using automation technologies to move a greater number of parcels with the same number of people. In comments to Yahoo Finance, UPS CEO David Abney says: “Last year we hired about the same number of people and we’re doing it this year with an extra 5…