DHL Supply Chain 是美洲合同物流领域的，隶属于 Deutsche Post DHL Group 2020 年 AMR 解决方案。两家公司签署了一份扩展的多站点服务协议，概述了这些条款。
“与 Locus Robotics 的协议进一步使我们能够快速为我们的客户提供提高生产力的技术，因此他们处于有利地位，可以利用新的和新兴的机会，”DHL 供应链北美零售总裁 Jim Gehr 说。 DHL Supply Chain初在生命科学和零售领域实施 Locus 解决方案取得了巨大成功；我们看到选定客户运营的履行生产力提高了 80%。我们现在看到了扩大利用其高度优势的机会“为多个行业的客户提供大规模灵活的 AMR 解决方案。我们期待继续与 Locus 合作，以提高生产力，支持产能增长，并在我们全国客户的供应链中持续改进。”
“我们很高兴与 DHL Supply Chain 建立合作伙伴关系，”Locus Robotics 执行官 Rick Faulk 说。“我们已经确定了有问题的站点，并预计在 2020 年部署以支持旺季的数量。此次扩建特别令人欣慰的是，DHL 的决定是基于在其早期设施中观察到的成功。我们继续看到客户在证明我们的解决方案时扩大他们的关系。”
DHL Supply Chain North America 和 Locus Robotics 于 2017 年合作试行协作式自主机器人解决方案 LocusBots，以支持员工在仓库中完成拣选订单。LocusBots 在仓库内自主导航，以快速定位拣选物品并将其运送给员工。它们可以灵活部署以支持各种拣选策略，显着减少日常或体力要求高的任务所花费的时间，减少人工错误并提高生产力。
2018 年，DHL Supply Chain 宣布了一项多年计划，在其北美业务中投资 3 亿美元用于新兴技术。该公司推出了一项加速数字化计划，其中确定了 14 项目标技术——其中七项涉及协作机器人——可以快速跟踪到客户的运营中。与 Locus Robotics 等新兴技术提供商的合作使 DHL 能够快速为客户的供应链带来经过验证的、提高生产力的技术和数据驱动的洞察力。
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-positioned 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.
In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced a multi-year plan to invest USD 300 million in emerging technologies in its North American operations. The company has rolled out an accelerated digitalization program that has identified 14 target technologies – seven of which involve collaborative robotics – that can be fast-tracked into customers’ operations. Partnerships with emerging technology providers such as Locus Robotics allows DHL to quickly bring proven, productivity-enhancing technology and data-driven insights to customers’ supply chains.
