Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.90
February 08, 2021
…According to a survey conducted by the logistics provider GEODIS and the consulting company Accenture Interactive, among 200 European and American companies in 2020, around 59% of the European and 46% of the American companies relied on marketplaces for their online sales. These marketplaces held a 28% market share in the pre-pandemic period—a number that has risen to 38% during the pandemic. However, most of the brands surveyed believe that over-reliance on marketplaces is not sustainable and want to shift more toward owned e-commerce channels. Nearly two-thirds (64%) state that reducing their dependence on marketplaces is their first or second…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.80
November 23, 2020
…and increasing consumer demand for e-commerce, retail, omnichannel, and manufacturing order fulfillment. Global customers, including CEVA, DHL, Boots UK, GEODIS, Port Logistics Group, Verst Logistics, Radial, and others, are doubling or tripling their fulfillment productivity while lowering labor recruitment, training, and retention costs.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.69
November 16, 2020
…has featured AMR implementations at industry leaders like DHL, GEODIS, Rakuten Super Logistics and, in the July issue, UPS. Those articles highlighted some of the leading AMR solution providers that are now becoming household names, including Locus Robotics, inVia Robotics and 6 River Systems. While each of those providers brings different strengths and strategies to the table, what they share in common is the problem they aim to solve: A more efficient way to do e-fulfillment in facilities handling pretty standard products in standard packaging. In that application, AMRs have evolved from the exotic to a best practice in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.70
September 11, 2020
…has featured AMR implementations at industry leaders like DHL, GEODIS, Rakuten Super Logistics and, in the July issue, UPS. See a detailed inside look at the moving parts of the NorthShore Care distribution center. Those articles highlighted some of the leading AMR solution providers that are now becoming household names, including Locus Robotics, inVia Robotics and 6 River Systems. While each of those providers brings different strengths and strategies to the table, what they share in common is the problem they aim to solve: A more efficient way to do e-fulfillment in facilities handling pretty standard products in standard packaging.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.26
July 22, 2020
…in Paris. He has also held leadership positions at GEODIS, Saga S.A., Circle International, and Eagle Global Logistics. Gilbert spoke to us from his home in Houston. How is the business environment changing, and how is UPS working with customers to meet new or changing supply chain requirements? COVID-19 has led to unprecedented challenges for companies from small manufacturers to large international organizations like ours. We have always believed the safety of employees, vendors, and customers will be our top priority. That’s something we’re pushing across all of our sites. And, liquidity and cash management are becoming top priorities. We’re…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.50
July 10, 2020
…paper written by Andy Johnston, director of innovation at Geodis, a global 3PL racing to embrace digitization. In “The Rise of Robotics in the 3PL Industry,” he examines how using robotics in the 3PL warehouse enhances—not replaces—the workforce and thus helps to increase overall efficiencies for global shippers. “Working with robotics can make employees more efficient, and not just by reducing the physical needs on the job,” says Johnson. “Robots with an intuitive user interface that ‘speak’ multiple languages can reduce training times up to 50%. When many operations offer a pay-for-performance incentive, any saved training time can help both…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.76
January 13, 2020
…in order volumes. Retail and 3PL customers including DHL, GEODIS, Port Logistics, Verst Logistics, SANDOW, Marley Lilly, and Radial are achieving 200-300 percent improvements in productivity deploying the Locus solution. “At HighJump, we love making our customers better – and this means leveraging the innovative technologies of tomorrow,” said John Santagate, Vice President, Robotics at HighJump and Körber Logistics Systems. “AMR’s in the warehouse is an area we believe will drive tremendous value. This partnership allows us to deliver cutting edge AMR technology to our customers and work collaboratively with Locus Robotics to conquer supply chain complexity with the warehouse…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.93
July 12, 2019
…this summer. You can learn more at nextgensupplychainconference.com. Robotics: GEODIS When 3PL GEODIS piloted mobile collaborative robots in its Indianapolis DC, it wanted to double the picking productivity of women’s apparel by its workforce. And that’s exactly what happened. But as Kevin Stock, senior vice president of engineering, explains, the benefits didn’t stop there. The initial 30-robot installation also included: working collaboratively with the existing workforce; simplifying the job, reducing travel distances, increasing job satisfaction, and reducing training times. The overall success of the 90-day pilot was so impressive that GEODIS plans to roll out a total of 175 robots…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.79
June 05, 2019
…Chain Management Review NextGen Supply Chain Awards, representatives from Geodis, IBM, Johnson Controls, DHL, Cisco and IDC participated in a closing award panel that was moderated by Bob Trebilcock and touched on a host of topics of interest to senior-level supply chain executives. Day 2 highlights: Digitizing the supply chain “I feel like I’m living in a science fiction novel all of the time,” said Cisco’s Jack Allen, a veteran supply chain management expert whose second-day keynote focused on the digitization of the supply chain. “Things are happening now because we imagined them a long time ago,” he added. Jack…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.55
May 20, 2019
…a proportionate number of warehouse workers. XPO Logistics and Geodis have started using Cobots at several locations to mimic zone picking. Cobots minimize travel for warehouse workers by making the journey from pick zone to pack station, clustering picking and allowing hands-free scanning as workers don’t need to carry a scanner. Locus, 6 River Systems, Fetch Robotics, and NextShift Robotics are most active in this space. Autonomous Drones Autonomous Drones for stock counting have started finding their way into warehouses to automate the inventory management function. Drones require the use of RFID technology to track the data and feed it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.58
February 12, 2019
GEODIS Indianapolis, Ind. Size: 250,000 square feet Products: Apparel and fashion Stock Keeping Units: 30,000 Throughput: 20,000 units per day Shifts: 1 shift per day/7 days a week Read more about the GEODIS e-fulfillment center in the feature article from February 2019 Modern Material Handling Magazine. GEODIS is one of a handful of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers that have embraced mobile collaborative robots to improve throughput and productivity and create a better working environment for their employees. Here’s how they’re deployed. At the present, GEODIS is using the cobots only in the picking process. Picking begins when a wave of…
