Automation

One of the country’s largest shoe companies brought its wholesale distribution operations in house with a highly automated distribution network capable of shipping a total of 80 million pairs of shoes a year. Here’s how.

Though robotic industrial trucks are still a small slice of the market, expectations are growing for them as operations seek to speed up their processes while lessening the struggle of trying to find enough operators.

Automation vendors, including several startups, are lining up to meet the growing interest in micro-fulfillment centers. Automation characteristics like high storage density, rapid access to totes, and high uptime are vital to success, but vendors also point to the need to iron out supply chain issues like replenishment.

Robotic piece picking software provider OSARO lands additional funding

Savoye, one of the world’s leading storage and retrieval companies, announces partnership with Scott Technology Ltd,, an automation and robotics solutions provider

Automate show postponed until 2022, but Automate Forward virtual show announced for March 2021

Dematic names Jason Cooper as COO. He leads Global Operations team responsible for the design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of material handling solutions for Dematic’s customers worldwide

The new automated fulfillment solution incorporates a FANUC robot and Plus One’s AI-powered PickOne perception system

Warehouse automation solution reduces costs and enhances customer satisfaction.

Report from real estate investment trust company Prologis examines drivers behind increased automation in logistics operations

The 36-foot-tall VBMs are controlled by inventory management software.

The system has reduced operation hours from three shifts to two.

The 3PL implemented a fleet of eight autonomous mobile robots in one e-commerce fulfillment center. The result is more than double the productivity in that area.

Tompkins Robotics, a business unit of Tompkins International, is focused on the robotic automation of distribution operations. Our primary system t-Sort consist of autonomous mobile robots that sort a wide range of items and parcels to consolidation points. t-Sort is the world’s first portable, automated material handling sortation system.

A few insights from reporting on our annual Warehouse and DC Operations survey, found in this month's issue