A new parcel sorting system featuring some 160 LiBiao ‘Mini Yellow’ autonomous guided robots has gone live at South-East Asian supply chain solutions specialist Viettel Post’s storage and distribution hub, which is located on the outskirts of Hanoi. Fast growing Viettel Post (VTPost) is the first …
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Investment in LiBiao parcel sorting robots signals the beginning of PT Pos Indonesia’s ‘irreversible transformation’
PT Pos Indonesia - the state-owned company responsible for providing postal services throughout Indonesia – has introduced LiBiao Robotics’ autonomous mobile robot-based ‘t-Sort’ parcel sorting technology at its processing centre in Surabaya, a port city on the island of Java. The installation …
Movu provides KDL with automation that is better, bigger and easier
A Movu Robotics atlas pallet shuttle system gives leading logistics service provider Kris De Leeneer (KDL) approximately 45,000 storage locations and the capacity to manage a potential throughput of up to 11,000 pallet movements a week. Importantly, this automated storage and retrieval system …
Retailers turning to robots for the big sales events of the year
Robot-based intralogistics systems reduced the pressure on retailers and their supply chain partners during the run up to Christmas and other high profile retail sales events such as Black Friday and China’s Singles Day The emergence of retail events such as Black Friday and China’s Singles Day …
Part and parcel
Industrial products distributor, ERIKS, has boosted the productivity of its order fulfilment operations by 110%, following a logistics network transformation that combines smart software with well-integrated small-parts automation at its new, advanced UK distribution hub in Oldbury. ERIKS is …
Shuttles or stackers?
When considering automated warehousing, stacker cranes have often been the default storage and retrieval choice for pallets and bins. Shuttles, however, are increasingly being seen as the more efficient, flexible and sustainable alternative, as Stefan Pieters, CEO of Movu Robotics, explains. Most …
Manufacturers face complexity of a spare parts boom
The kickback against the ‘throw-away’ consumer society is gathering pace, with manufacturers under increasing pressure to stock and supply spare parts. However, the consequences for manufacturers’ fulfilment and packing lines are significant. Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager at Sparck …
The only way is ethics
Any 3PL that neglects the important role that business ethics and a demonstrable commitment to sustainability now play across the commercial world can expect to struggle, says Charlie Walker of Walker Logistics. A logistics service provider’s ability to demonstrate that it operates in an ethical …
LEEA launches Chatbot
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is launching a new chatbot on its website, leeaint.com, and via its popular LEEA Connect app to provide members and non-members with technical support. Making guidance on the safe use of lifting equipment even more accessible, quicker and easier to …
