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Dorman Products Reduces Travel Waste by 16% with Autonomous Mobile Robots

Decreasing travel time to enable pickers to pick faster and more efficiently.

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By Zebra Technologies ·

Dorman Products, with multiple manufacturing and distribution sites in the United States, has served as one of the automotive aftermarket’s top pioneering problem solvers.

Recently, they looked at how autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) could reduce time spent traveling either on foot or using material handling equipment and enable its ‘contributors’ to dedicate more time to valued tasks such as stock picking.

The result?

  • 16% reduction in the distance ‘contributors’ travel within the warehouse
  • 16% improvement in pick rate and in revenue per labor hour
  • Enhanced warehouse delivery accuracy
  • Improved product delivery times
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