Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.18
…“bracketing.” This practice is familiar in the fashion and apparel space and it exists outside of the ecommerce channel. Say a customer is buying the latest New Balance cross trainers, but they’re unsure of the fit. They typically wear a size 10, but they go ahead and buy the 9.5 and 10.5 as well to see which fits best, and then return the unwanted items. Nowadays, this behavior manifests around everything from shoes to coffeemakers. Optimizing the reverse logistics process - most commonly done by putting in place a convenient Buy Online, Return in Store (BORIS) process - is the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.18
…corporate world. For example, manufacturers of autos and fashion apparel have pivoted to produce urgently needed medical and personal protective equipment. Companies that can turn on a dime in this way have the flexibility and robustness needed to excel in highly changeable markets. DT imbues these qualities because it often requires companies to redesign processes from scratch. Also, they have to be adept at realigning the digital thread when introducing new products. The manufacturers that responded to demands created by the pandemic face this realignment challenge. Unfortunately, companies that have only just started their DT journey will find it more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.78
…are up about 8% while over that same period apparel and department store sales are down over 10%. Consumers have radically changed their buying patterns and the impacts are significant across the retail ecosystem. Some current trends are expected to reverse over time, but some, especially consumer appetite for e-commerce, will not. Regardless of which situation a retailer finds themselves in short term, up or down, robotic automation delivers the competitive advantage, enhanced asset utilization, and labor optimization needed to fortify winning supply chains. RaaS subscriptions make it easier for enterprises at any point on the spectrum to realize those…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.06
…as food and beverage manufacturing, grocery retail, retail, and apparel. PINC has also assembled a dedicated team to accommodate our customers’ current needs and we are working around the clock to make sure all customers can successfully navigate through these challenging times. Here are some success stories so far: Beverage manufacturers have been able to load and unload trailers are efficient as possible, and ship those trailers to grocery D.C.s and other retail locations at record speeds. Grocery retailers have been able to understand how many containers, the location, and status (loaded/unloaded) of those trailers in real-time, automate the creation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.49
…co-develop new 3D printed solutions for medical, automotive and apparel applications. DSM and Twikit are currently working on an end-to-end production workflow for 3D printed orthotics and prosthetics, showcasing additive manufacturing's customizability. Combining DSM’s materials and market reach with Twikit’s experience in software development and application development will facilitate improvements in advanced manufacturing techniques, the companies report. The partnership between the two companies will lead to new customizability and made-to-measure turnkey solutions across various industries. DSM and Twikit will explore new applications in the automotive, healthcare, and footwear industries. Twikit’s morphing algorithm will further enable and improve the design of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.90
…system can process a wide variety of items including apparel, shoe boxes, general merchandise, shipping bags, small-to-medium boxes and more. Its applications include e-commerce, retail replenishment, returns, shipping and can even be deployed in the backroom of a postal or retail location. “We are excited to partner with PULSE Integration and help support their mission to provide clients with technology solutions that are capable of adapting and scaling to meet constantly evolving consumer and supply requirements,” said Mike Futch, president of Tompkins Robotics. According to a release, robots continue to gain momentum in the warehouse as many companies turn to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.25
…painful impact on bricks and mortar stores, especially in apparel and other product categories that can be easily delivered digitally – books, music, and games, for example. E-commerce's share of the retail pie in the general merchandise, apparel and accessories, furniture and other category (in other words, general merchandise retailers; furniture and home furnishings; electronics and appliances; clothing and accessories; sporting goods, hobby, book, and music; and, office supplies, stationery, and gift stores) reached 28 percent in the first quarter of 2018.[2] What this means is the department stores – which sell all that general merchandise – are having to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.77
Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group Honeywell Intelligrated has partnered with The Apparel Logistics Group – a leading provider of third-party logistics (3PL) and order fulfillment services for apparel, footwear, and accessories – to more than triple its daily e-commerce order output by installing new automated material handling solutions. Honeywell’s technology and support services will help to: Increase productivity at the company’s shipping dock, maximizing uptime Expand e-commerce parcel shipping capabilities, which currently afford retailers one-day turnaround Ensure accuracy while expanding value-added service capacity, including returns management and order customization The Signed Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.44
…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 from Locus Robotics across four locations by mid-2019. Since the launch of the original pilot in October 2017, a total of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.35
…Co-Founder of RightHand Robotics. “Our companies’ advanced technologies will provide transformative solutions to a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, apparel, grocery, and more. With the growing demands of e-commerce order fulfillment, we can solve our customers’ needs for flexible and reliable technology, with real productivity and efficiency results.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.16
…to be very different from the needs of an apparel operation, particularly around the warehousing environment itself, the number of SKUs, and the number of lines per order. These should all be factored into the decision-making process.” About the survey participants Thirty-three percent of this year’s survey respondents are running warehouses that are more than 250,000 square feet, while the average facility size across all respondents was 148,375 square feet. These facilities either serve as warehouses or DCs (36%), corporate headquarters (32%) or manufacturing plants (19%). Each of these facilities has an average of 612 employees, with the majority of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.76
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…