According to research papers, material transportation and handling consumes up to 55% of production space, 70% of operating costs, and 87% of production time in a typical warehouse or manufacturing facility.
Therefore, in addition to deploying automation equipment to accelerate production, factories or warehouses also need to invest in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and logistics solutions to optimize internal material transportation (Intralogistics activities) in 4 main directions as follows:
1. AMR SEAMLESSLY DOCKS WITH THE ELEVATOR
A traditional factory/warehouse typically uses forklifts to move materials across floors. This requires experienced riders or operators, which are increasingly difficult to find in times of labor shortages. With AMRs, materials can be transported automatically through floors with high efficiency.
In addition, through software, the Rozitek AMR solution seamlessly connects to the elevator for fully automated across-floor material transportation. The elevator will automatically open the door and bring the AMR to the designated floor. Maps on different floors will be integrated and managed collectively through robot control software (RCS) to ensure seamless coordination of robots with multi-floor production systems.
2. AMRS TRANSPORT MATERIALS TO THE PRODUCTION LINE
Traditional manufacturing facilities rely heavily on the manual handling of raw materials from the warehouse to the production line. In this way, it is easy for operators to pick up incorrect materials and will require a lot of labor to maintain high productivity and fast production rates. Moreover, materials or semi-finished products are often placed on the floor for easy pickup, occupying a lot of space.
Now with AMR solutions, goods can be stacked, greatly increasing storage density and actual floor space. The AMR solution controls all stages of production and automatically transfers needed materials to designated locations, lubricating the entire workflow and ensuring timely and accurate material replenishment.
Different materials need different crates and transport methods. Rozitek offers a wide range of autonomous robots, Flash, Thor, Beast, and more to cope with the requirements of transporting each type of material. All robots are under the control of Robot Control System (RCS) to perform optimal task allocation, multi-robot path planning, and flow management for various scenarios.
3. AMRS SEAMLESSLY DOCK WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ROBOT ARM
With the demand for higher productivity at lower costs exploding, today’s manufacturing businesses are looking towards automation to increase work efficiency. For example, mechanical arms are often used to automatically pack and stack pallets of goods vertically or unload them on conveyor belts.
Together with AMR, the entire material transportation process is automated with even greater efficiency. As an example of unloading pallets, when the operator submits a task on the software, a pallet of goods will be automatically transported by AMR to be placed next to a robotic arm. By being able to communicate with the robotic arm through the warehouse management system, after unloading the goods from the pallet, the AMR will automatically take the empty pallet away.
4. IMPLEMENT AMRS AND INTRALOGISTICS SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT PICKING AND OUTBOUND DELIVERY
Picking and outbound delivery are the most important parts of the warehousing business. In traditional warehouses, direct pickers have to spend a lot of time commuting to find the desired goods, which is labor intensive but has low working efficiency and accuracy.
However, with AMR’s Goods-to-person solutions, operators simply need to stand at a fixed workstation and wait for the robot to deliver the goods for them. Labor effort is reduced and picking efficiency is greatly increased. The intelligent warehouse management system (iWMS) will analyze orders and perform intelligent dispatch to improve picking accuracy and overall work efficiency.
In addition, the collection of finished product information and traceability are important in improving shipping efficiency and maximizing warehouse throughput, especially for e-commerce and 3PL businesses has omnichannel sales. The intelligent Intralogistics solution from Rozitek will help businesses track the flow of goods and corresponding information in real-time, ensuring data integrity and completeness.
Our intelligent intralogistics solutions support connection to surveillance camera systems to improve warehouse management and secure the production line to the finished product.
To learn more about Rozitek’s Intralogistics and AMR solutions, contact us for a consultation. With a team of experienced engineers, high expertise and comprehensive solutions, we are confident to bring a difference to our customers.
ROZITEK – INTELLIGENT INTRALOGISTICS SOLUTIONS
Email: info@rozitek.com
Hotline: (+84) 36 918 3998
ROZITEK – INTELLIGENT INTRALOGISTICS SOLUTIONS
Email: info@rozitek.com
Hotline: (+84) 36 918 3998
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