Topic: Supply Chain

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3D Printing Shows its Strengths

May 7, 2020 · Desktop Metal's Jonah Myerberg on how 3D printing helps companies respond quickly during a crisis.

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Nokia partners with ABI Research to survey manufacturing investment in 4G/LTE, 5G and Industry 4.0

May 6, 2020 · Research indicates need in every industry to quantify the potential ROI of investing in private wireless -- as well as the cost of inaction.

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Warehouse/DC: When Virtual Reality Is More Than Real

May 5, 2020 · Lift truck operator training is getting a boost from VR. In addition to shortening training time, the technology offers managers and drivers more information earlier about people’s abilities to safely operate trucks of all types.

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Safety Laser Scanner Enhances Use of Small Mobile Robots

May 5, 2020 · Safety laser scanner for mobile applications: space problems banished, performance increased.

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Other Voices: In times of social distancing, essential businesses turn to autonomous robots

May 5, 2020 · Warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing companies look to autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to operate efficiently while maintaining the social distancing guidelines.

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Keeping Automated Vehicles on Track with 2D LiDAR Localization

May 4, 2020 · LiDAR Localization software uses measurement data from safety laser scanners as a supplement to magnetic and optical tracking guidance technologies.

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GPU-Driven Engineering

May 1, 2020 · Mainstream engineering technology embraces shift to GPU-based real-time rendering.

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How the Pandemic Could Remake Supply Chain’s Digital Future

April 28, 2020 · The need to embrace the digital transformation (DT) of supply chains remains critically important for companies, but as is the case in most areas of business, it is being shaped by the COVID-19 crisis.

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UPS Flight Forward and CVS to Launch Residential Drone Delivery Service in Florida

April 27, 2020 · UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida for the largest U.S. retirement community home, to more than 135,000 residents.

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Robotics Gain Ground Inside the Warehouse

April 24, 2020 · While the labor crunch and the ability of AMRs to offload manual travel are central to their success, there are other benefits to robotics in addition to reducing labor requirements.

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UPS rolls out new WES offering

April 24, 2020 · Company officials said that this new WES, which was developed by UPS and Softeon, a provider of supply chain technology services, is geared towards enabling faster intake and fulfillment for customers, notably those with fluctuating order patterns, are able to get products on time.

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Transforming Material Handling Equipment into Fully-Autonomous Self-Driving Vehicles

April 23, 2020 · In this Q&A, Amanda Baier, Vecna Robotics’ Director of Marketing Communications, discusses the role of autonomous mobile robots in the logistics space.

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Vecna Robotics - FedEx Video for Press Day

April 22, 2020 · Human and robotic workflows can easily adapt to ever-changing environments and demands, creating an ongoing improvement cycle.

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Self-Driving Vehicles for Bulk Materials Handling

April 21, 2020 · Vecna Robotics’ Pivotal™ technology safely transforms OEM material handling equipment into fully-autonomous self-driving vehicles, orchestrates tasks across resources for optimized workflow efficiency, and employs the power of AI to create a machine learning feedback loop for system-wide continuous improvement.

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New Warehouse Management & Execution System Offers Breakthrough Capabilities

April 21, 2020 · In this Q&A, Dan Gilmore, Softeon’s chief marketing officer, discusses the state of the supply chain automation market and shows how the company is responding to new market trends.

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Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) adds 5 certified system integrators to network

April 17, 2020 · MiR's global network of CSIs ensure proper installation and service of MIR's fleet of user-friendly, powerful and robust AMRs for heavy and light internal transport.

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Introducing IAM Robotics’ Collaborative AMR & Showcase Innovation Center

April 15, 2020 · Tom Galluzzo, founder and CEO at IAM Robotics, discusses the current state of robotics and automation in the supply chain and previews an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that IAM will introduce later this year.

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AutoStore Provides Dense Storage that Serves Micro-Fufillment to Large Regional Hubs

April 15, 2020 · Bastian Solutions’ VP of Global Sales Greg Conner outlines the challenges that warehouse operators are facing and shows how advanced material handling technology helps them overcome these hurdles.

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Yale robotic reach truck wins gold Edison Award

April 14, 2020 · Robotic reach truck can perform at 30 feet and reach into double-deep storage locations, enabling operations to automate new processes beyond floor-level, point-to-point transportation.

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GlobalData: Industrial automation paying the price for failing to think big and invest bigger

April 13, 2020 · Despite much hype over the years, advanced factory automation has not been substituted for human workers at scale.

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