DUSSELDORF, Germany, July 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Geekplus, the global leader in mobile robot
and smart logistics solutions, has collaborated with Körber to
deploy more than 20 autonomous mobile robots for the wine
distributor Hawesko Group. The project brings warehouse automation
to the company's Tornech, Germany,
facility, where in-house logistics service provider IWL handles 20
million bottles of wine and champagne annually.
With this new implementation, Geekplus robots now operate 330
shelves across an expanded 6,000-square-meter area.
"Geekplus is proud to continue our longstanding partnership with
Körber, which has now grown to more than 3,000 robots deployed in
eleven countries," said Geekplus' Simon
Houghton. "We work together to create unique solutions for
customers like the Hawesko Group, helping them solve the challenges
they currently face while enabling them to easily scale up their
level of automation to meet future demands."
Through the integrated interaction of modern software and
automation, the Hawesko Group has increased warehouse performance
by 50 percent. Behind the scenes, all operational warehouse
processes converge on Körber's digital logistics platform. The WMS
acts as an operational hub, while the subdivided Unified Control
System (UCS) optimizes the control of the automated technology
portfolio and creates extended communication interfaces to the
robotics application. Because of this, pick performance in the
expanded area has more than doubled.
"Given the growth in online retail, the importance of efficient
processes to support e-commerce fulfillment has increased
significantly. High-performing and resource-efficient solutions are
required to address increasing customer demands and seasonal
fluctuations," said Michael Brandl,
Executive Vice President Software EMEA at Körber Business Area
Supply Chain. "The new solution accomplished this for the Hawesko
Group through an integrated combination of WMS, AMR technology and
UCS."
Mobile order fulfillment robots have consistently proven
themselves in the logistics services segment. By using any of
Geekplus' suite of Goods-to-Person solutions, companies find their
storage space can be used up to 30 percentmore effectively.
Additional robots can be integrated without any interruptions to
operations.
"Compared to the use of conventional automation solutions, the
expansion in Tornesch proved to be the most economically effective
solution, creating not only additional storage capacity but also
the necessary freedom for future expansion," explained Frederick Paulsen, Project Manager Information
Logistics at IWL. "Capacities for up to 100 additional racks, which
corresponds to approximately 40,000 additional article items, are
possible in the future in the existing space."
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