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Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), including Toyota Material Handling Group and Toyota Automated Logistics Group, providers of material handling solutions, and Gideon, have signed an investment agreement with immediate effect. Gideon develops and offers technologies for autonomous mobile mobotics (AMR) behaviors, and an application stack for automating specific processes in warehouse and manufacturing environments, TICO explained. The amount of the investment…
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Extremely high accuracy over inventory sitting in storage is a nice thing to have in a DC, but traditionally it has come at a cost: hours of labor spent hand-scanning bar coded license plates or “LPs” on pallets or cases and then reconciling any discrepancies. Of course, the cost of not expending labor on LP accuracy is downstream delays in…
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Barrett Distribution Centers Location: Hillsborough, N.J. Square footage: 170,000 square feet SKUs/Goods Handled: For Stadium Goods, the inventory is nearly all high-end or collector athletic shoes, with as many as 500,000 unique shoe boxes/cases in storage. Number of employees: 60 to 100 associates, depending on seasonality and volumes. Shifts: During non-peak, one shift, five days per week. Barrett Distribution Centers’…
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Amazon announced late last week in a blog post (published August 30th) that it has hired three of Covariant’s founding executives, while also signing a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models. According to the Amazon blog post, the deal will help accelerate Amazon's robotics innovations. The post explains that as part of the agreement, Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen,…
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Everything runs faster at Boscov’s DC in Reading, Pa., now that its conveyor and sortation systems have been replaced and revamped with new hardware, controls and software. Combine this complete automation overhaul with a new order processing area that eliminates the need to store some goods in trailers in the yard, and the outcome is a step-change improvement in order…
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Time is running out to take advantage of early bird pricing for the 2024 NextGen Supply Chain Conference. Registrants can access the special pricing until Friday, Sept. 6 before the full price kicks in following that date. Attendees receive access to the keynotes, awards and featured presentations; networking opportunities in the Exhibit Hall, evening receptions on Monday, Oct. 21 and…
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Having witnessed a trend towards more small package orders and less frequent large stock pallet orders, automotive parts provider MAHLE Aftermarket selected an AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system 〈AS/RS〉 empowered by Kardex to increase capacity and throughput. MAHLE, which provides parts globally for the independent aftermarket, was also experiencing storage capacity constraints at its distribution center in Olive Branch,…
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Hy-Tek Intralogistics today announced a partnership with URBX under which Hy-Tek is now a registered integrator of URBX's robotic automated storage and retrieval system 〈AS/RS〉 solution. “At Hy-Tek, we are committed to bringing new and innovative solutions to the order fulfillment process,” said Hy-Tek Intralogistics Chief Automation Officer Zac Boehm. “Because automation is continually evolving to meet the rapid changes…
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Kenco, a leading third-party logistics (3PL) provider, today announced an AutoStore system, a leading robotic automated storage and retrieval system 〈ASRS〉, is live at the company’s Jeffersonville, Ind., distribution center. Designed in conjunction with KPI Solutions, the system is Kenco’s largest AutoStore installation, with 49,000 bins, 130 grid robots, 10 picking ports and four replenishment ports. Specifically designed to meet…
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Symbotic Inc., a provider of A.I.-enabled robotics technology for warehouse fulfillment processes, has announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Veo Robotics, a provider of intelligent safeguarding technology for industrial robots. Assets purchased under this $8.7 million deal include the FreeMove 3D depth-sensing computer vision system for industrial workcells and all related intellectual property. By integrating FreeMove…
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LG Business Solutions USA opened its latest Business Innovation Center (BIC), a 3,600-square-foot showroom at LG Electronics’ North American headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. The new center provides resellers, partners and customers with a one-stop technology showcase that demonstrates LG’s full portfolio of commercial technologies and wide-ranging business offerings. This newest location joins LG BICs in Atlanta, Chicago and Los…
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Körber Supply Chain Software, a joint venture between Körber AG and KKR, and end-to-end supply chain software offering provider, signed a binding agreement to acquire MercuryGate International Inc., a provider of transportation management systems (TMS). The acquisition, according to Korber, is a strategic move that extends the company’s capabilities in delivering a comprehensive, innovative, adaptable and scalable supply chain execution…
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URBX and VARGO have announced a partnership, designating VARGO as an authorized integrator of URBX's robotic solutions for high-density, high-throughput, goods-to-person, automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS). With decades of experience in e-commerce, wholesale, and retail applications, VARGO provides automated technologies integration for waveless and continuous order fulfillment. Additionally, VARGO offers a well-known warehouse execution system 〈WES〉 solution, known as…
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This year, global e-commerce sales are on track to surpass $6.3 trillion. That’s an almost 9% jump over last year’s numbers, and online sales are expected to climb even higher in the coming years. Consumers like the convenience of mobile shopping, platforms like Instagram continue to promote the “social shopping” experience, and the world as a whole is moving in…
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Dusty shelves, misplaced inventory and manual labor are quickly giving way to more dynamic and productive warehousing environments. In fact, the industry as a whole is in the middle of a technology and automation revolution that’s been a long time coming—and nudged even further along by the global pandemic, ensuing supply chain disruptions and a persistent labor shortage. Combined, these…
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