DHL Supply Chain 是美洲合同物流領(lǐng)域的，隸屬于 Deutsche Post DHL Group 2020 年 AMR 解決方案。兩家公司簽署了一份擴(kuò)展的多站點(diǎn)服務(wù)協(xié)議，概述了這些條款。

  “與 Locus Robotics 的協(xié)議進(jìn)一步使我們能夠快速為我們的客戶提供提高生產(chǎn)力的技術(shù)，因此他們處于有利地位，可以利用新的和新興的機(jī)會(huì)，”DHL 供應(yīng)鏈北美零售總裁 Jim Gehr 說。 DHL Supply Chain初在生命科學(xué)和零售領(lǐng)域?qū)嵤?Locus 解決方案取得了巨大成功；我們看到選定客戶運(yùn)營(yíng)的履行生產(chǎn)力提高了 80%。我們現(xiàn)在看到了擴(kuò)大利用其高度優(yōu)勢(shì)的機(jī)會(huì)“為多個(gè)行業(yè)的客戶提供大規(guī)模靈活的 AMR 解決方案。我們期待繼續(xù)與 Locus 合作，以提高生產(chǎn)力，支持產(chǎn)能增長(zhǎng)，并在我們?nèi)珖?guó)客戶的供應(yīng)鏈中持續(xù)改進(jìn)?！?

  “我們很高興與 DHL Supply Chain 建立合作伙伴關(guān)系，”Locus Robotics 執(zhí)行官 Rick Faulk 說。“我們已經(jīng)確定了有問題的站點(diǎn)，并預(yù)計(jì)在 2020 年部署以支持旺季的數(shù)量。此次擴(kuò)建特別令人欣慰的是，DHL 的決定是基于在其早期設(shè)施中觀察到的成功。我們繼續(xù)看到客戶在證明我們的解決方案時(shí)擴(kuò)大他們的關(guān)系。”

  DHL Supply Chain North America 和 Locus Robotics 于 2017 年合作試行協(xié)作式自主機(jī)器人解決方案 LocusBots，以支持員工在倉(cāng)庫中完成揀選訂單。LocusBots 在倉(cāng)庫內(nèi)自主導(dǎo)航，以快速定位揀選物品并將其運(yùn)送給員工。它們可以靈活部署以支持各種揀選策略，顯著減少日?；蝮w力要求高的任務(wù)所花費(fèi)的時(shí)間，減少人工錯(cuò)誤并提高生產(chǎn)力。

  2018 年，DHL Supply Chain 宣布了一項(xiàng)多年計(jì)劃，在其北美業(yè)務(wù)中投資 3 億美元用于新興技術(shù)。該公司推出了一項(xiàng)加速數(shù)字化計(jì)劃，其中確定了 14 項(xiàng)目標(biāo)技術(shù)——其中七項(xiàng)涉及協(xié)作機(jī)器人——可以快速跟蹤到客戶的運(yùn)營(yíng)中。與 Locus Robotics 等新興技術(shù)提供商的合作使 DHL 能夠快速為客戶的供應(yīng)鏈帶來經(jīng)過驗(yàn)證的、提高生產(chǎn)力的技術(shù)和數(shù)據(jù)驅(qū)動(dòng)的洞察力。

  DHL Supply Chain, the Americas leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, and Locus Robotics, the market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, announced an expanded partnership that includes 10 new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution in 2020. The companies have signed an Expanded Multi-Site Services Agreement outlining these terms.

  "The agreement with Locus Robotics further enables us to bring productivity-enhancing technology to our customers quickly, so they are well-bed to capitalize on new and emerging opportunities,” said Jim Gehr, President, Retail at DHL Supply Chain North America. “DHL Supply Chain’s initial implementation of the Locus solution within the life sciences and retail sectors was a tremendous success; we saw increases in fulfillment productivity of up to 80% in selected customer operations. We now see an opportunity to extend the benefits of utilizing their highly flexible AMR solution at scale for customers across multiple sectors. We look forward to continuing to work with Locus to drive productivity, support capacity growth and deliver continuous improvement within our customers’ supply chains nationwide.”

  “We are very excited to be growing our partnership with DHL Supply Chain,” said Rick Faulk, CEO, Locus Robotics. “We've already identified the sites in question and expect deployment in 2020 to support volume for peak season. What is particularly gratifying about this expansion is that the DHL decision was based on observed successes in their early facilities. We continue to see customers expanding their relationships as they prove out our solution.”

  DHL Supply Chain North America and Locus Robotics partnered in 2017 to pilot a collaborative, autonomous robotics solution – LocusBots – to support associates in piece picking order fulfilment in warehouses. The LocusBots navigate autonomously within warehouses to quickly locate and transport pick items to associates. They can be flexibly deployed to support a diverse range of picking strategies, significantly reducing time spent on routine or physically demanding tasks, reducing manual errors and increasing productivity.