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…for years, notes Counihan, the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent increase in e-commerce have changed the automation business case and greatly accelerated adoption. “Post-Covid, resilience is a new variable in the automation business case calculation that represents the ability to continue to operate in the event of future labor shocks,” says Counihan. “With resilience now in the equation, automation investments can…
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…existed, but labor shortages, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rising costs of energy and materials have contributed to a shifting business environment. “We have always been focused on creating customer value through the total cost of the system, transforming business processes, improving service, and driving growth and change,” said Kevin Coleman, co-CEO of CJ Logistics America. “Today, our customers are…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the most prolonged and harshest disruption the supply chain industry has seen in the last few decades. It has been quite a journey for businesses and warehouses from reacting to the situation, navigating operational changes through the lockdown, such as social distancing, and preparing along the way for the eventual re-opening as vaccine trials raise…
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…years of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain snafus, and shifting demand, multiple industries are looking to robots and automation to improve efficiency and mitigate widespread labor shortages. Robotics 24/7 asked the following thought leaders among robotics associations, end users, and suppliers about their thoughts: Susanne Bieller, general secretary of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) Tom Ryden, executive…
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…in the design; then came COVID-19. From then on, that work took place remotely using video chats. Finally, the team established milestones to audit the performance of the system, such as the ability to pick representative SKUs before going live. Addressing those issues during a pandemic, even with video chats, wasn’t easy, especially those related to quality. Along with the…
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…were already in motion before Covid-19. “When it comes to e-commerce, we expect to see a strong shift from our B2B business to more B2C business,” says Philippe Gilbert, who took the reins as president of the SCS organization in 2019. “We have been pushed for more flexibility and agility than ever before.” (See p. 20 for more of our…
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…for the five years before COVID-19.” Cartons are conveyed to a palletizing cell. Source: NorthShore Care Supply Robots grow with inventory Fast forward to July 2021, when I toured the Green Oaks facility once again. The AMRs were still traveling through the aisles, associates were busy picking to the robots and moving product through the packing stations, and lift truck…
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…diseases, such as with the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring health conditions can help airports prevent further spread. Dynamic assignment can provide wholesome ROI A cloud-based scheduler assigns orders to each robot. Vijay said the scheduler accounts for the battery charge levels, which robots are in closest proximity, and maximum utilization of onboard space. With multiple lockers on each robot, Ottobots can…
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…a result, even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, SHIP8 began researching an automated warehouse solution, one that could scale up to peaks without adding many dozens of people, and one that could handle a greater proportion of labor-intensive e-commerce orders. To come up with an optimal solution, they worked with a systems integrator (BlueSkye Automation) to design the needed systems.…
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…live in March 2020. Then, COVID-19 intervened. The teams at Top Notch and 6RS worked remotely to build the application programming interface (API) and integrate the systems. Initial deployment done in phases The project got under way in May 2020. When the robots arrived in Carson City, 6 River Systems gave the Top Notch maintenance team remote instructions on how…
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…which was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America. 2022 respondent demographics Peerless Research Group’s (PRG) e-mail survey questionnaire was sent to readers of Logistics Management and Modern Materials Handling in December 2021, yielding 114 qualified respondents. The respondents were from sites whose primary activity is corporate headquarters (32%), warehouse/distribution (26%), manufacturing (25%), and warehousing supporting manufacturing (13%). The…
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…which was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America. How is the present state of the economy affecting your spending on materials handling equipment, technologies services and solutions? On what? Source: Peerless Media Group (PRG) 2022 respondent demographics Peerless Research Group’s (PRG) e-mail survey questionnaire was sent to readers of Logistics Management and Modern Materials Handling in December 2021,…
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