articleThe innovative grocer and integrator says technological breakthroughs will boost the Ocado Smart Platform, allowing it to work faster with lower operating costs, with the strategic aims of providing shorter delivery times and quicker speed to market for installations.
newsROBOTICS AND automation solutions provider CKF Systems, which has been serving the manufacturing and logistics industries for over 30 years, has achieved its second-best trading year with £7.98 million of orders in 2021.
articleWarehouse automation is enabling PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution to fulfil patients’ repeat prescription orders efficiently and securely from its facility in Runcorn, Cheshire.
productDHL SUPPLY Chain will make a $15m investment in a Boston Dynamics robot a bid to further automate its warehousing in North America.
productA REPORT by Style Intelligence, a research firm focused on warehouse robotics, says ‘growth returned in 2021 having been stagnant at best in 2020, with many vendors reporting greater than 50% expansion’.
productTHE SOFTWARE and robotics start-up was acquired by Jungheinrich at the end of last year and will be used by the German intralogistics leader to expand into the AMR sector.
productSTAYLINKED HAS launched the Evolve integration platform for UK warehouse and logistics providers.
newsCEVA LOGISTICS has won a long-term eCommerce fulfilment contract with fashion platform About You, for the management of a 40,000 sq m fulfillment operation in Poland.
productSWISSLOG HAS strengthened its leading position in e-grocery automation solutions by landing two new projects for Rohlik, the fast-growing European e-grocery retailer. The projects are part of the Rohlik 45 MEUR automation investments.
newsWAREHOUSE ROBOTICS start-up Exotec raised the $335m in Series D funding at a $2B valuation.
articleUK distribution centres (DCs) in 2022 have some major challenges ahead if they want to keep up with demand and unprecedented rapid e-commerce growth. In addition Covid-19 and Brexit have increased labour problems, which is leaving the DC short of qualified workers.
articleThe Tomorrow’s Warehouse Event offered insights, predictions and advice on how to position your business to best benefit from future trends. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
articleWe have some great advice on warehouse automation from tech-led logistics firm GXO. Its UK & Ireland managing director Gavin Williams outlines some key options to consider and updates on GXO’s advances in automation.
productGXO LOGISTICS is said to have achieved an industry first by deploying 6 River Systems (6RS) collaborative robots, or cobots, on multiple mezzanine floors in one of its distribution centres in Milton Keynes, England.
productDHL SUPPLY Chain has introduced its largest single implementation of autonomous forklifts to date, with 15 embedded in its warehouse operations at Tyrefort in the West Midlands.
articleWhen lockdown triggered a huge surge in ecommerce orders, Pets at Home outsourced its automated warehouse system maintenance and support to Invar Integration.
productIFOLLOW HAS launched autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that can carry two roll cages at once in cold stores and ambient warehouses – said to be a productivity boos for grocery logistics.
articleE-COMMERCE ORDER fulfillment specialists, SKUtopia, are working with Swisslog to introduce an automated Micro-Fulfillment Centre (MFC) in Sydney, Australia.
productAS PART of the co-operation, Goodman will be able to provide its warehousing customers with the highly flexible and scalable Geek+ Robot-as-a-Service package.
productRANDEX HAS launched the Compact Configurator tool to allow users to produce their own automated storage and handling specification.
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