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Mushiny Robotics Gains European Presence

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Mushiny, a leading supplier of complete solutions for the use of autonomous mobile robots, is consistently continuing its successful entry into the European market by establishing its own branch offices. Mushiny Robotics Europe GmbH, headquartered in the Lower Saxon municipality of Stuhr near Bremen, is making a start.

“With the important logistics location of Bremen in the neighbourhood and excellent transport links to the ports along the North Sea coast, we now have the ideal base to provide users of our products with optimum support in every respect,” explains Thomas Li, Co-Founder of Mushiny Robotics Europe GmbH. “From here, we can develop highly efficient AMR solutions in close customer contact, and in the future, interested parties will also be able to see for themselves the performance of Mushiny products in a showroom,” Li continues.

Mushiny specializes in creating highly efficient solutions for warehouse logistics, focusing on the use of autonomous mobile robots (AMR). Following the goods-to-person principle, Mushiny links warehouse management and ERP systems to AMR fleet management via AI software. Instead of just following predefined routes within a warehouse or production hall, Mushiny robots, as self-learning AMR systems, can independently optimize routing and thus logistics processes on an ongoing basis. The size of the robot fleet is easily scalable and can comprise more than 1,000 AMR units in individual cases. To control the complex operations, Mushiny develops individually configured Robot Management Systems (RMS), which can also be seamlessly integrated into existing logistics environments. Meanwhile, the recently introduced and industry-leading “Mushiny Xihe iRMS” solution is a new generation RMS whose use increases the operational efficiency of a warehouse logistics system by three to five times.

AMR Supplier

Founded in 2016, Mushiny has quickly become the world’s leading provider of AI-driven AMR systems for a wide range of applications in goods and cargo logistics. The company is headquartered in the Suzhou Industrial Park north of Shanghai in the Chinese province of Jiangsu.

In addition to establishing its own subsidiary in Germany, Mushiny 2023 will also participate with its own presentations at the Hannover Messe (April 17-21) and LogiMAT in Stuttgart (April 25-27).

Locus picks 230m units during holiday peak

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Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment and distribution warehouses, announced that its LocusBots picked more than 230 million units during the peak holiday shopping period on behalf of its global retail and third-party logistics customers – more than doubling the total number of items picked in the same period in 2021.

“Despite early predictions of lowered volumes, Locus customers once again picked a record number of items using LocusBots during this critical holiday shopping period,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “It is now clear that scalable, cost-efficient robotics automation is an operational must-have as volumes continue to increase and the labour shortages persist. Locus is proud to help our customers again meet the seasonal challenge with robust, enterprise-scale automation solutions that position them for success today and in the future.”

During this same period, LocusBots averaged 3.3 million units picked per day, representing a 2x increase over 2021.

A record $281bn online global sales took place from Thanksgiving Day (24th November) through Cyber Monday this year according to Salesforce.com and Adobe Analytics Data, with total US online sales over $68bn, representing a 9% increase over 2021.

Cyber Week 2022 continued several notable industry trends that first appeared in 2021:

  • Retailers again started peak season earlier in an effort to mitigate supply chain concerns and ensure product availability
  • Online shopping is now a central aspect of the retailers’ omnichannel shopping strategy as online spending increased 8.6%
  • Mobile shopping continues to be a favourite, growing more than 15% over 2021

Locus reaches industry first

Locus recently reached an industry-first, its 1 billion pick milestone, reflecting the exponential growth of order fulfilment volume. By way of comparison, it took Locus 1,542 days to pick its first 100 million units and just 40 days for the most recent 100 million picks. Locus robots now average more than three million picks per day around the world. LocusBots have travelled more than 20 million miles in customers’ warehouses, the equivalent of more than 670 times around the Earth or 35 round trips to the Moon.

The Locus warehouse execution platform disrupts large-scale warehouse fulfilment and distribution with an industry-leading, intelligent, and dynamically scalable robotics-driven solution. Locus delivers 2X-3X productivity by seamlessly coordinating both human labour and AMRs to dramatically improve order fulfilment efficiency and workplace ergonomics, while lowering operational costs.

With more than 230 sites under contract around the world – some having as many as 500 LocusBots per site – the Locus solution efficiently and seamlessly orchestrates the operation and management of multiple robot form factors, and provides forward-looking, real-time business intelligence, critical for optimizing productivity, proactively managing labour, and managing costs.

 

 

Robotics: Winning Combination

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How a UK warehouse facility used robotics and automation to meet some very common challenges.

WINIT is a Shanghai-based provider of full warehousing and logistical solutions for cross-border ecommerce. It serves the United States, Australia, and several European countries. In the UK alone, WINIT runs three warehouses with a total combined footprint reaching 550,000 square metres.

The challenge

In the past two years, the demand for global warehousing services has surged dramatically due to the growth of cross-border ecommerce businesses. WINIT’s UK facility in Tamworth, Staffordshire, was confronted with expanding challenges as the demand for global warehousing services soared.

Rapid business growth and the need to handle a variety of goods and fulfil a high number of orders – combined with the shortage of warehouse workers – meant that WINIT was faced with two main challenges: improving operational efficiency and increasing storage density.

The robotics fix

WINIT automated its order-fulfilment centre operations with the help of the HAI Robotics ACR (Autonomous Case-Handling Robot) solution. The solution involved deploying 100 HAIPICK A42 robots and 16 on-conveyor workstations for order picking.

What the solution does

As the HAIPICK A42 robots can extend to more than 4m in height, they are able to store goods on both lower and higher shelves, leading to better utilisation of the space available. They are driven by AI algorithms and can move smoothly through the 10,000 square-metre facility, bringing cartons and totes to workstations, where operators can pick and sort goods efficiently.

The on-conveyor picking workstation automatically conveys the cases unloaded by the HAIPICK robot or the cases that need to be loaded, making use of automated storage and retrieval functions. It offers an ergonomic design; workers and HAIPICK robots are indirectly connected, and the goods can be sorted on the conveyor line without too much movement. It delivers convenient operation and efficient warehousing.

Another bonus is that the HAI Robotics solution can easily be implemented in one part of the warehouse and scaled up as business grows further.

Workflow has improved by 3-4 times, storage density by 60%, increased picking efficiency by 50%, and brought on-time order delivery to almost 100%.
With the help of HAI Robotics, the overall service and operation of WINIT has not been significantly affected despite the disruptions to the global supply chain since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“These smart robots have more than met our expectations,” comments Bob, Warehouse General Manager at WINIT’s Tamworth facility. “We picked HAI Robotics as our autonomous robot supplier from a choice of several other companies because it is one of the first developers. Its system has better stability than that of others, and its staff is professional. So it was an easy choice.”

Satisfied workers

HAI Robotics’ automated robotic solution has also extended the capacity of each individual WINIT operator by increasing efficiency, a big plus in a slow jobs market. The WINIT warehouse workers are also enjoying the benefits of this solution. The on-conveyor workstations are ergonomically designed to help operators fulfil orders faster, more accurately and with lower effort.

Becky, a warehouse operator, said that with the help of the robots, she can now stay in the workstation and just wait for the robots to pick and carry goods back and forth to her workstation. She no longer walks thousands of steps indoors to pick orders. “Getting goods now is like getting something at my fingertips. [The robots] make my work much easier. Now I don’t need to move around and bend my waist. Everything is easy.”

This robotic solution allowed the facility to increase the average worker efficiency rates to 450 cases per hour and increased the daily handling volume up to 50,000 pieces. The goods-handling efficiency rate for the warehouse was improved 3 to 4 times over the previously manual processes and the picking efficiency rate of operators fulfilling orders was increased by 50%.

Tecsys partners with SVT Robotics

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Tecsys Inc., an industry-leading supply chain management software company, and SVT Robotics Inc., a leader in enterprise software for the rapid deployment of industrial robotics, have partnered to develop and launch an out-of-the-box integrated connection between the Tecsys’ Elite supply chain platform and SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform.

The integration will provide Tecsys Elite customers faster deployment and lower complexity without the need for lengthy custom code development often involved in multi-system automation and robotics deployments.

SVT Robotics is an enterprise software company that is revolutionising robot deployments in the warehousing and manufacturing industries. With certified connectors to many of the industry’s foremost automation providers, and partnerships with companies such as 6 River Systems, Fetch Robotics (Zebra Technologies), Locus Robotics, MiR, OMRON, OTTO Motors and many more, SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform enables companies to deploy the robots, automation, and IoT devices they need in just days or weeks.

“Automation is becoming more important to power supply chains of the future, so it’s critical those technologies are connected to a solid WMS with core warehouse management functionality,” says A.K. Schultz, founder and CEO of SVT Robotics. “The pre-built integration that Tecsys and SVT are developing connects to top-tier automation from leading providers, enabling Tecsys customers to customise and then rapidly deploy the specific automation they need today.”

Tecsys contends that bringing automation into a warehouse should begin with a needs assessment and design plan, which then informs hardware selection that will meet those needs. Whereas some software vendors operate as automation resellers for a limited set of systems, Tecsys’ partnership with SVT empowers supply chain organisations to assess, design and integrate across a wide spectrum of automation choices. The result is a warehouse operation powered by end-to-end WMS functionality and easily automated workflows using today’s most innovative technologies.

Peter Brereton, president and CEO of Tecsys, comments: “A company’s automation strategy and equipment should be tailored to their specific use case, never throttled by the software, and that is exactly what this SVT partnership makes possible through rapid integration. We want to give Tecsys customers native plug-and-play robotics integration capabilities today and into the future as this warehouse automation market evolves so that they will be ready to deploy the technologies they need to remain competitive. SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform will enable flexibility and freedom in a quickly developing industry.”

Growth Goals for stow

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stow Robotics has impressive growth plans. Founded in 2021 and focused on the development, production and sales of automated and robotic warehouse solutions.

stow is a global market leader in industrial storage solutions. Headquartered in Belgium, stow employs nearly 2,000 people across Europe and the United States. The group has a pan-European production footprint with 10 production facilities and a global commercial network. stow estimates to reach the €1 billion turnover mark in 2022 and plans further growth over the coming years, in which stow Robotics plays a central role.

The first automated warehouse projects were completed in 2019 with the installation of the stow Atlas® 2D shuttles for deep lane pallet storage and retrieval. After completing several projects in our domestic market Belgium, business quickly spread towards the rest of the world with big projects in the UK, US and Australia. Since 2021, all existing automated solutions for pallets & totes and all related services & teams have been regrouped under stow Robotics.

Strategic co-operations and acquisitions

stow Robotics not only grows from within, but establishes this growth through valuable and strategic acquisitions.

After first creating the stow Atlas® 2D shuttle for pallets completely in-house, it was time to expand the product portfolio for bins as well. Through a first acquisition, stow Robotics added the stow e.scala® bin shuttle system to its product range. More recently, stow Robotics also announced the acquisition of a majority stake in iFollow, a collaborative AMR company founded in 2017. The market-leading fleet of AMRs and software are suited for a large range of use-cases, such as collaborative picking and in-and-outbound transport. The company had already deployed its technology in a wide variety of applications across different industries, in line with the full range of markets that stow serves. With these acquisitions, stow Robotics can now offer pallet and bin shuttles as well as AMRs for a fully automated warehouse solution.

Dark warehouse capability

With these co-operations, stow Robotics now has all necessary know-how and expertise grouped in order to further develop & implement solutions for the warehouse of the future – a fully automated dark warehouse. With the iFollow AMR, stow Atlas® 2D pallet shuttle and stow e.scala® bin shuttle, stow Robotics offers the complete chain of in-and-outbound, storage and collaborative picking for all types of warehouses including 3PL, e-commerce and cold stores.

New automation campus

Clearly, the evolution in warehouse automation is highly dynamic and the time-to-market of new concepts is essential. This is why, in October 2022, stow Robotics announced its relocation plans. The entire business unit will move from the west of Belgium to a more strategic location centralised between Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels. The new campus provides enough space to build a large technology and experience centre for European customers, has excellent visibility, and really is a unique opportunity for the further expansion of the robotics activities.

Other than relocating, the entire organization has to adapt to this growth structurally. stow Robotics invests heavily in hiring new sales teams, project managers, and a highly-skilled R&D department with automation at its core.

Mushiny receives prestigious robotics award

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Mushiny, a world-leading expert in intelligent robotic logistics systems, has won the Gaogong Golden Globe Robot award for the new generation of its Xi’he iRMS system. Considered the ‘Oscars’ in the field of robotics in China, the GG Robot Awards have been held since 2014 and honour products and companies that demonstrate technological excellence.

The breakthrough management architecture of Mushiny’s independently-developed Xi’he iRMS system brings hybrid robot applications globally to customers across multiple industry sectors, including warehousing and manufacturing. The Xi’he iRMS system features characteristics such as seamless integration into upstream and downstream operations, powerful scheduling capacity, and unique 1:1 simulation and WYSIWYG functions. Other key features of this industry-leading robot management system include rapid deployment in less than two weeks, no requirement for personnel training, and a potential three-to-five-times increase in operational efficiency.

The next-generation Mushiny Xi’he iRMS system is already in operation in the US at a warehousing picking project for designer goods discount retailer Saks OFF 5TH. Pairing the capability of its Xi’he iRMS system with a fleet of its efficient T6 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), Mushiny has built an intelligent goods-to-person picking system at Saks OFF 5TH’s 270,000 sq ft (c. 25,000 sq m) MDT1 FC warehouse that seamlessly integrates into the existing WMS. Mushiny’s solution allows flexible upgrades and scalability, enabling the retailer to handle peak shopping season with a picking capacity of up to 120,000 units per day.

Benchmark in Hybrid systems

Considered a benchmark in hybrid robot scheduling systems, Mushiny Xi’he iRMS provides ground-breaking functions and excellent usability. Across a range of industry sectors, it offers automated handling, sorting and access in a variety of modes such as order-to-person and carrier-to-person.

The worldwide market for hybrid robot management systems offering intelligent logistics is growing at a rapid rate, driven by the increase in eCommerce and a shortage of labour in developed territories. To address this demand, the Mushiny Xi’he iRMS system can provide unprecedented compatibility and seamless integration in a completely open platform, making it easy to deploy and use. Aside from Mushiny’s own AMRs, the system can integrate with robots from different manufacturers. Companies can therefore build a future-orientated architecture of intelligent logistics with Xi’he, while protecting existing investment. This is particularly appealing to enterprises that plan to enhance or expand their current robot systems.

Mushiny at trade exhibitions in 2023

As part of its increased commitment to its overseas markets, Mushiny is displaying its technology at three major trade fairs in 2023. In Europe, it will be present at Hannover Messe (17th-21st April, Hannover, DE) and LogiMAT (25th-27th April, Stuttgart, DE), and in the US it will be exhibiting at ProMAT (20th-23rd March, Chicago). Mushiny cordially invites owners and operators of warehouses to visit its booth at these events to discuss ways in which they can optimise efficiency, reduce costs and increase the flexibility of their logistics operations.

 

 

SEKO and GreyOrange form strategic partnership

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SEKO Logistics, a leading global logistics provider, has formed a strategic partnership with GreyOrange, a global leader in automated robotic fulfilment and inventory optimisation software, to help scale-up its warehouse operations.

The partnership, which will involve SEKO using a fleet of GreyOrange’s Ranger Assist Bots and GreyMatter fulfilment orchestration platform, will enable the company to both increase available capacity and throughput across its warehouse while also reducing operating costs. GreyOrange’s solution will empower SEKO to scale its warehouse operations to meet changing demand without having to source additional labour.

“In our industry, building a scalable logistics solution to meet the ever-changing demand cycles, whilst controlling an increasing cost base, is critical in our customer offering,” said Paul Lockwood, Group Managing Director UK & I for SEKO. “This new partnership with GreyOrange allows our fulfilment centres, starting in the UK, to manage those fluctuations seamlessly and empower our clients to turn their supply chains into a competitive differentiator. GreyOrange’s AI-driven software and automation serves as a powerful tool to ensure we’re always delivering high-velocity ecommerce solutions for our clients no matter the season.”

GreyMatter from GreyOrange

GreyOrange’s GreyMatter fulfilment orchestration platform coordinates and assigns the work activities of warehouse robots such as Ranger Assist to maximise productivity, speed, accuracy and safety in distribution operations. GreyMatter matches robot agents according to work needs, including capacity and demand peaks, for seamless inventory orchestration.

“We are honoured to be partnering with SEKO, one of the premier retail and e-commerce logistic providers – to help provide a way for warehouses to operate more efficiently during peak times”, said Samay Kohli, Co-Founder and CEO of GreyOrange. “Together with our AI software and smart robots, we will be able to solve some of the most pressing issues facing logistics operations currently.”

GreyOrange will be working with Zebra Fetch Robotics, to provide the Ranger Assist bots. The Ranger Assist is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that supports a variety of e-commerce fulfilment and wholesale picking workflows, including each and batch picking, as well as interleaving replenishment and putaway. Industry-leading on-board robot safety software and sensors enable the AMR system to be ANSI/RIA R15.08 conforming and carry the CE mark.

“Robotics automation provides an outstanding range of scalable solutions for warehouse challenges in today’s on-demand economy,” said Marcel Kars, VP Robotics Automation, Zebra Technologies. “AMRs can deliver greater workflow efficiencies and improved worker productivity gains by streamlining e-commerce orders, automating the movement of goods and assisting workers with picking.”

 

 

Forever Proof Robotics

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Robotics solutions can answer a lot of questions for logistics operators. Exotic’s Rémy Malchirand explains why.

Issues facing warehouse operators include supply chain volatility, increasing labour costs, difficulty finding workers and a lack of flexibility. Warehouse availability, scalability in the face of rising land costs and development limitations, as well as unprecedented economic challenges are also causing disruption as we head into 2023.

As such, retailers are unable to forecast and anticipate growth, and don’t know how to adapt their supply chain to rapidly evolving customer demand – particularly during seasonal peaks.

To adapt to these evolving challenges, a more flexible approach is needed. While automation isn’t a new concept in the UK, traditional automation is sized on anticipated volume of orders based on a long period of time. As a result, legacy technology and equipment is no longer enough to support the warehouse environment of today.

Whereas robotics deployment can significantly enhance the warehouse and logistics environment. A recent Gartner report, ‘Emerging technologies: smart robot adoption generates diverse business value’, highlighted that robots used to replenish retail stores demonstrate quantifiable results in 72% of use cases – the highest percentage among industries. The analyst firm forecast in the report that by 2030, 80% of humans will engage with robots daily, and for many, this may be in the workplace.

Automation in warehousing is no longer a smart addition but is an essential component for sustainable growth. That’s where systems such as Exotec’s retail and ecommerce order picking solution, Skypod, can bring real benefits to businesses – enabling productivity and storage density while remaining flexible and adaptable to customers’ needs.

Safe support for people

As well as needing to overcome external challenges, warehousing operators need to create an environment that enables human workers to operate safely, bolsters productivity and accuracy while maximising resources. For many businesses, human labour is dwindling because of the nature of warehouse work.

In fact, according to Gartner’s report, 66% of supply chain organisations say that labour availability constraints are the primary driver behind their investments in robotics. By implementing robotic solutions, the ‘mundane’ work is handled by robots to allow human workers to take on more customer-centric roles that take less of a physical toll. The result is often a significant reduction in staff turnover.

Working side by side with human operators, Skypod robots operate as a fleet, identifying and collecting totes from storage and delivering them to operators, helping them to prepare orders faster. Robots are constantly assigned new tasks programmed to prioritise the most urgent orders. ASTAR software synchronises the robots, which can carry up to 30kg moving up to four metres per second.

Robotics solution

The short supply and high cost of land are also impacting retailers wishing to expand their ranges to keep up with consumer demand, keep shelves stocked and eCommerce orders fulfilled. Building an entirely new warehouse can be prohibitively expensive, so integrating robots that make the very most of existing space is paramount.

Exotec provides dense storage for any given floorspace, using the height of a warehouse of up to 12 metres. This reduces the need for larger sites at a great cost to businesses, while reconfiguring existing spaces to be as optimised as possible. The Skypod system is therefore ideal for new sites or can be adapted to maximise the available space in existing sites to increase throughput and productivity by up to five times over manual operations – without compromising reactivity.

Importantly, robotic solutions are also energy efficient. The Skypod solution uses up to 80% less energy compared to traditional automation, which is in part because energy is consumed only when a robot is performing a task. In comparison, systems requiring power and/or electromechanical equipment in the rack can mean poorer reliability, higher levels of maintenance and more complex design and installation. This not only reduces the ability to scale and expand, but results in more power consumption,

Retailers looking to stay relevant are aware that they must improve, streamline, and automate warehousing operations to inject greater efficiency, safety and flexibility. Robotic solutions are an adaptable, effective and efficient way to ensure that the warehouse isn’t just future proof – it’s forever proof.

Locus Robotics attracts $117m funding

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Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment and distribution warehouses, has attracted more than $117m (£97.6m) in Series F funding, led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and G2 Venture Partners. As part of the financing, Mark Midle, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, and Zach Barasz, Partner, G2 Venture Partners, will join the Locus Board of Directors, bringing their unique industry perspectives and insights to further guide Locus’s next stage of growth and global expansion.

“Locus has established itself as an innovative, high-quality market leader for flexible automation in the massive warehouse fulfilment and distribution market,” said Midle at the announcement of the funding. “Our investment reflects our view that Locus has the product offering and the operational excellence required to meet and exceed the market challenges posed by today’s dynamic economic environment.”

“This new round of funding marks an important inflection point for Locus Robotics as we look toward our next stage of growth, and we strategically chose to bring in investors with a wealth of experience in both public and private markets to advise us as we continue our journey,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “As the rapid digital transformation of the supply chain continues, warehouses increasingly seek flexible, intelligent robotics automation to improve productivity and grow their operations, despite ongoing labour shortages and exploding order volumes.”

Funding partner “thrilled”

The Locus warehouse execution platform disrupts large-scale warehouse fulfilment and distribution with an industry-leading, intelligent, and dynamically scalable robotics-driven solution. Locus delivers 2-3x productivity by seamlessly coordinating both human labour and AMRs to dramatically improve order fulfilment efficiency and workplace ergonomics, while lowering operational costs.

“Locus is clearly a winner in the flexible warehouse robotics space, and the consistency with which the Locus team has executed is extraordinary,” said Barasz. “We are thrilled to be investors in Locus Robotics, and to partner with the leading warehouse execution company in making global supply chains faster, more cost-effective, and more resilient and sustainable.”

With more than 230 sites under contract around the world – some having as many as 500 LocusBots per site – the Locus solution efficiently and seamlessly orchestrates the operation and management of multiple robot form factors, and provides forward-looking, real-time business intelligence, critical for optimising productivity, proactively managing labour, and managing costs.

“By 2026, 75% of large enterprises in product-centric businesses will have adopted some form of intralogistics robots in their warehouse operations,” said Dwight Klappich, Analyst, Gartner. “The lower price of entry and faster time to value of robotics opens the market to more companies that can justify automation … as companies adopt robotics, most organisations will expand and scale their use of robotics within the enterprise, leading to fleet growth.”

“As order volumes continue to increase and labour shortages persist worldwide, robotics automation is now a must-have for warehouse operators,” said Ash Sharma, Managing Director, Interact Analysis. “Locus is uniquely positioned as a leader in digital transformation in this enormous global market as warehouse operators increasingly focus on scalability, fast ROI, and ease of deployment.”

Flexible and scaleable solutions

Locus partners with the world’s leading warehouse operators to create a powerful synergy that speeds deployment and delivers powerful, actionable business intelligence to optimise warehouse productivity, cost management, and labour management.

“Our five-year partnership with Locus has enabled DHL to deliver more resilient, flexible, and scalable supply chain solutions to our customers to support faster delivery, improve operational efficiency, and reduce employee workloads,” said Sally Miller, CIO of DHL Supply Chain North America. “In that time, Locus’s ability to integrate groundbreaking technologies into our operations seamlessly and in a targeted way has been a tremendous success for our customers’ supply chains.”

In September 2022, Locus reached a major milestone with its industry-first 1 billionth pick. It took Locus 1,542 days to pick its first 100 million units and just 40 days for the last 100 million picks. Locus robots now average more than three million picks per day around the world.

Locus counts more than 90 customers worldwide, including CEVA Logistics, DHL, Material Bank, Boots UK, GEODIS, Ryder, Verst Logistics, Radial, and others, who are consistently doubling and tripling their fulfilment productivity, with near-100% accuracy, using the Locus solution.

Also participating in the Series F round were Stack Capital Group, Next47, Stafford Capital Partners, HESTA, Newton Investment Management North America, Gray’s Creek Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Hercules Capital, Inc., BOND, and Scale Venture Partners.

Overcoming Peak Challenges in Skechers’ Chinese DC

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Logistics Business has been granted exclusive access to Skechers’ Chinese DC fulfilment centre, 100km outside of Shanghai, where Libiao Robotics has deployed a comprehensive automated solution to enable the FMCG retailer overcome a considerable spike in orders around the annual ‘Singles Day’ online shopping frenzy.

Eric Chow, Senior MHE Manager at Skechers’ Shu-Jo eCommerce fulfilment centre talks with Logistics Business editor Peter MacLeod about the challenges and solutions of scaling up, whilst Ronan Shen, overseas sales director of Libiao Robotics takes us for an entertaining and informative walk through the DC, highlighting some of the automation his company has brought to the facility.

Skechers’ Chinese DC

Furthermore, Shen describes his company’s ambitions to service global markets, in particular Europe.

CLICK HERE to watch this exclusive Logistics Business webinar.

In Spring 2024 LiBiao’s range of autonomous sortation robots will be on display at two important European trade fairs. Logistics professionals can discover the many ways that LiBiao technology can benefit their business by visiting the company’s stand at LogiMAT (Stuttgart, Germany, March 19-21st).

LiBiao is a global pioneer of intelligent sorting robots, and one of the world’s leading suppliers of flexible intelligent sorting solutions, creating the world’s first portable, modular and automated unit sorting system. The company integrates logistics automation, research and development, production and sales of intelligent equipment.

Since its establishment, LiBiao has always specialized in the development and innovation of logistics automation technology, emphasizing original intelligent technology, independent system bottom layer and application development. All of its products are independently researched and developed, and the company has accumulated over 100 exclusive invention patents. With the sorting robot series as the core, and the automatic control system, automatic scanning and weighing system, intelligent charging system as supporting components, LiBiao has gradually built up a rich product ecosystem for intelligent logistics applications.

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