Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.95
…Adrian Kumar, a vice president of solutions design for DHL, and one of his colleagues on DHL’s work with NextGen Supply Chain technologies, including mobile robots and Google Glass. They seem disparate, but there’s a common thread between the three. If you haven’t heard Harry speak at a conference, he is an apostle for American manufacturing in the best possible way. Founded about 6 years ago, the Reshoring Initiative says that it “is the leading voice in making the case to companies that it is often in their interest to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States or keep…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.61
…pie, rather than enlarging it as much as possible and then redistributing, is the right way forward.” Related Article: DHL Supply Chain to Use Collaborative Robots for Innovative Order Fulfillment Trial Download the Paper America’s Advanced Industries: What They Are, Where They Are, and Why They Matter
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.51
DHL Supply Chain, an Americas' leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced that it will begin a pilot test using a collaborative, autonomous robotics solution within the life sciences sector at a facility in Tennessee in the next two months. The robots, called LocusBots from Locus Robotics, are being tested as a picker companion for piece picking order fulfillment in the warehouse. LocusBots work collaboratively and safely alongside warehouse staff, helping to quickly locate and transport pick items, so pickers don't have to push carts or carry bins. “We believe it's critical to identify and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.35
…delivery services broadly to others like UPS, FedEx, and DHL, it does believe Amazon will look to do more and more in-house each year, as its density grows. Depending on Amazon’s next steps that may eventually turn out to be an understatement. According to the WSJ report, a senior Amazon official was quoted as saying the company “is building a full-service logistics and transportation network effectively from the ground up.” And it added that Amazon could save $1.1 billion annually were it to stop using FedEx and UPS, based on an analysis from Citigroup Inc., coupled with keeping packages under…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.20
DHL has launched two innovation challenges and invites inventors and visionaries across the globe to participate. Participants are asked to generate new ideas in the areas of sustainable logistics or robotics. Universities, students, companies and any other person who is at least 18 years of age may join the competition and are asked to submit a written document and video explaining their idea by September 28, 2016. The Fair and Responsible Challenge requires visionaries to come up with a concept design creating sustainable logistics solutions for the world of tomorrow. Original ideas and practical solutions that address and solve environmental…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.57
A recently-published report from DHL reveals 26 key trends that could impact the logistics industry in the next five to ten years. The new 2016 Logistics Trend Radar, the third in the pioneering series, introduces brand new trends, tracks the evolution of trends spotted in earlier editions and ones that have faded or become mainstream since the series started in 2013. “Predicting trends is notoriously challenging,” says Markus Kückelhaus, Vice President Innovation and Trend Research, DHL.“It is difficult to know ahead of time which trends will have long-term effect on businesses and which ones are simply parts of a short-lived…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.36
…President Innovation, Post - eCommerce - Parcel, Deutsche Post DHL Group. “Developing the next generation of robots that can work around and among people will take a substantial investment to advance the technology but at DPDHL Group we believe that soon supply chains will see humans and robots working side by side to handle goods faster and more economically.” DPDHL Group has already started testing how robotics could further play a role in logistics. The Group trials collaborative robots in selected warehouse sites to find solutions for transforming supply chains. The speed of technological progress is increasing rapidly with new…