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DHL buying 1,000+ Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics

Robotics Business Review

A key area of development is case picking, which DHL pointed out is one of the most labor-intensive activities within its supply chain. DHL said it has invested more than 1 billion in automation within its contract logistics division over the last three years. DHL said it plans to further integrate Stretch into its operations.

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How Supply Chain Disruption Can Advance Digital Automation

Automation World

How long will the 2021 supply-chain disruption last?

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Henkel, Dow, Bayer, AB InBev, Zebra Technologies and others to chart future of supply chain visibility in Europe at FourKites Visibility 2021

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

FourKites, the real-time supply chain visibility platform, has announced that its European customer conference, Visibility 2021, will be held virtually on 7 October.

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Visibility & Resiliency: Letting Your Factory Work For You

Cisco Industrial Automation

Industry research shows that by 2023, 30% of manufacturers will enhance their shop floor digital twin with real-time signal transponder data, leading to an 80% reduction in logistic bottlenecks in shop floor and storage areas – Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2021. Operability in various plant conditions (ex.

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Sole Source Capital’s portfolio company Peak Technologies acquires Automation Intelligence

Robotics Automation News

Sole Source Capital, an industrial-focused private equity firm, says its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, a system integrator in the automatic identification and data capture market, has acquired Automation Intelligence. Automation Intelligence enhances Peak Technologies portfolio […]

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State of warehouse automation with DHL, GXO, Körber

Robotics Business Review

The Robot Report Podcast · The State of Warehouse Automation In Episode 158 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the week’s news. You’ll also hear the State of Warehouse Automation panel that was one of the highlights from the Robotics Summit & Expo.

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Protecting the supply chain: Safeguarding against cyber vulnerabilities

Automation Mag

Supply chain stability has become a major global issue in recent years. A global pandemic, disruption to distribution due to accidents such as the Ever Given container ship running aground in the Suez Canal in 2021, and conflicts in Europe and elsewhere. The loss of sensitive data (e.g.,