DHL supply chain will deploy 5,000 autonomous mobiles robots (AMRS) In its global network of storage and distribution center.
After teaming up with Robotics locus In 2021 to deploy 500 assisted robots to attend its warehouses in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, Dhl The supply chain has set up robotics implementation at 2,000 assisted picking robots Last year on 1,400 world sites.
“An idea is only a good idea if it can evolve,” said Oscar de Bok, CEO of DHL Supply Chain in a press release. “The flexibility and scalability of the Locus solution have helped to help us respond to the evolutionary demands for the electronic commerce landscape and to take advantage of advanced technology to optimize our operations and offer an even better experience for our customers. »»
The logistics giant calls it the greatest AMR agreement of this kind to date. The announcement comes after an interact analysis reports projects that 26% of warehouses will be automated By 2027, from 18% at the end of 2021. This mass deployment would cover more than 200,000 warehouses in total, according to the market research company.
The company also provides for an increase in selection orders for robots in the middle increase in labor costs and the drop in technological costs. The Interact analysis estimates that a little more than 150,000 picking robots will be installed by 2030, annual expeditions from less than 2,000 in 2022 to more than 50,000 by the end of the decade.
The DHL supply chain plans to fully deploy the new locusbots by the end of the year.
With the extended fleet of Locus AMRSThe DHL supply chain aims to take advantage of the automation Technology to optimize its supply chain operations and improve workers’ productivity, order accuracy, speed and efficiency. AMRs are designed to operate in collaboration with human workers, Locus saying that they can double or triple the effectiveness of product movement and productivity.
The DHL supply chain, the company’s contractual logistics division, said that assisted picking robots help reduce the time spent on the maneuver of pushcartts through warehouses, reduce physical tension and increase the effectiveness of the picking. They also display goods of goods to choose, calculate optimal navigation routes and reduce training time.
The CEO of Locus Robotics, Rick Faulk, said that the company was “delighted to work on an extended capacity with the DHL supply chain to bring our advanced robotics technology to their global network”.
With customers whose VF Corp.,, Geodis And Ceva logisticsLocus Robotic was estimated at nearly $ 2 billion in November 2022 after obtaining $ 117 million in the financing of the F series.
Robots will improve the capacities of the DHL supply chain in the realization of electronic commerce, retail replenishment and pharmaceutical and health logistics.
DHL has chosen more than 250 million units using Locusone. The warehouse automation platform facilitates transparent operation and management of large quantities of Multiple AMR form factors as a single coordinated warehouse fleet.
The platform supports a system of more than 1,000 robots, operating on sites as large as 1 million square or more. This allows individual AMRs to engage in different tasks at the same time, including picking and putway, picking housing and replenishment, replenishment, construction of pallets, routine routes, point -to -point transport and The counting.
“The addition of Locus Robotics AMRS to our network is an important step in our digitization course, and we are delighted to associate with Locus Robotics to bring this technology to our operations,” said Markus Voss, world director of Information and chief operation with us DHL supply chain, in a press release. “Using advanced robotics and data intelligence, we can still improve our operational efficiency, reduce processing time and continue to improve our customer experience.”
Robotics locus said it works with more than 100 companies and has deployed its technology in more than 250 sites.
“Locus help DHL to quickly transform operations thanks to an autonomous workforce with the right technology at the right time, to provide goods where they need the speed of our modern market requests,” said Sally Miller, World Digital Transformation Agent, DHL Supply Chain. “Locus is an essential partner for us when we scan our warehousesDistribution and realization centers to effectively respond to growing control volumes, labor shortages and an increase in consumer expectations. »»
The DHL supply chain believed in robotic warehouse technology. The contractual logistics unit has invested $ 15 million in robotic solutions Dynamics of Boston In February of last year, and in January became the first company to commercially deploy the extensible robot of the Massachusetts company developed for the unloading of trucks. It uses extensible robots to move trailers on a flexible conveyor.
The company plans to deploy extensible robots in several warehouses in the coming year.