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…America's freight travels by tractor-trailer truck on highways, but the addition of autonomy, modularity, and electrification to locomotives could give the older transportation mode new life. Parallel Systems last week came out of stealth and announced that it has raised $49.55 million in its Series A round. The Culver City, Calif.-based startup said it plans to use the funding to…
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…The system’s functions span WMS, yard management, as well as transportation event management. “We are completely focused on optimization—on how you distribute tasks to assets and resources in an intelligent and orchestrated way,” says Turner. Since UWB can pinpoint the real-time position of a resource like a lift truck, a pallet or employees wearing UWB-enabled badges to within centimeter accuracy,…
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…pick-up and delivery to customers’ yards. Flytrex claimed that its new capability can cut delivery times to about five minutes from the time orders are ready, creating growth opportunities for QSRs and family-owned restaurants. “What’s so unique about this innovation is its real potential to move the needle, with more and more businesses getting on board with an undeniably seamless…
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…plates, getting crushed between a truck and a dock, sustaining fractures after falling off the dock, driving forklifts right off loading docks, and worse. Most of the time, OSHA says the culprits in such situations are forklifts running off docks, products falling on employees, or equipment striking someone—all of which are avoidable with good safety policies (for example, no “dock…
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…the dock area and also yard management systems (YMS) for the outside activities,” says Pilgrim. “However, that transitional area at the loading dock, and 30 feet inside the door, has basically been left to fend for itself.” Making the grade While some companies continue to rely on Excel spreadsheets, clipboards and verbal communications to manage their docks, others are deploying…
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…bulldozers, wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks and more - into autonomous robots. Teleo’s Supervised Autonomy keeps human operators involved, enabling one human to oversee multiple autonomous machines at once. The human operator acts as a supervisor with the ability to step in remotely to control the machine if needed. Teleo is moving the operator out of the cab of the…
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…to similar issues previously.” Autonomous trucks could improve shipping time, intermodal yards Other predictions from LaGore include an increase in autonomous trucking and transportation management systems (TMS) to optimize route planning. He said vehicles with sensors, actuators, algorithms, and machine learning systems could improve shipping time by removing necessary human breaks. LaGore added that he also believes It is likely…
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Because lift trucks were not historically known for their brains, mobile computer terminals have been used to bring warehouse intelligence to the operator. Lately, as lift trucks become more connected and computerized, they are changing the patterns of how and where data moves through a facility, its devices and its equipment. There is massive potential for operational improvements from connecting…
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…teams of associates and lift truck operators are now automated by this blend of smart intralogistics robots. As SHIP8 takes on new customers, the scalability of these systems, combined with its warehouse capacity, positions the company to handle increasing demand. The driver behind this move to a highly automated warehouse was not to prove a point about robotics—it was meant…
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…companies are focused on getting trucks out as quickly as possible utilizing every tool that they can.” Thanks to advancements in technology and the innovation of dock equipment and solutions vendors, companies now have access to advanced tools that help make their docks more efficient, safe and productive. Using dock levelers, energy-efficient doors and dock shelters, for example, organizations can…
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…and loading of cartons from trucks. For example, Dexterity recently announced a collaboration with FedEx on a robotic truck loading application. A tougher nut to crack has been leveraging mobile picking robots for piece picking from shelving in aisles. However, Brightpick, part of Photoneo Brightpick Group, which also offers 3D vision technology, addressed this challenge and is gaining real-world deployments.…
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…and loading of cartons from trucks. For example, Dexterity recently announced a collaboration with FedEx on a robotic truck loading application. A tougher nut to crack has been leveraging mobile picking robots for piece picking from shelving in aisles. However, Brightpick, part of Photoneo Brightpick Group, which also offers 3D vision technology, addressed this challenge and is gaining real-world deployments.…
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…most essential part of lift truck safety is a rigorous safety check process by operators at the start of shift, while technologies such as telematics, fleet software and sensor-based operator assist alerts offer other ways of making fleets safer. But what about the risks tied to the facility—more specifically—activity at docks? Docks can be a dangerous area for lift truck…
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…million square feet Assets: 3,000 trucks and 12,500 trailers, including more than 750 temperature-controlled trailers Employees: 13,100+ “Questions about innovation are in every bid we do now,” notes Darin Richards, regional vice president of operations for privately held NFI, a New Jersey-based 3PL operating 50 million square feet of warehouse space in 350 locations around the country, along with a…
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…goods in trailers in the yard, and the outcome is a step-change improvement in order fulfillment speed for the family-owned department store chain. “We really wanted to get to the point where we could streamline the operation and just get everything out on a much quicker basis,” says Robert E. “Bob” Goonan, senior vice president of logistics for Boscov’s. Achieving…
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