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The key component of this expanded partnership, according to DHL, is ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution, through and Expanded Multi-Site Services Agreement. Today, DHL Supply Chain has roughly 100 bots deployed in two locations, according to Jim Gehr, President, Retail, at DHL Supply Chain North America. Gehr added that with this announcement, DHL is targeting that number to be roughly 1,000 by the end of 2020.

Company officials said that this SLA speaks to project44’s “commitment to results” while also providing a money-back guarantee. And they added that through the new carrier coverage SLA, the company guarantees that 90% of a shipper’s contracted truckload carriers in North America and Europe will be live within 30 days of starting implementation.

Hear GE Appliances explain how they brought in leading NextGen Technologies to hit the reset button on their appliance distribution business at the NextGen Conference.

Waltham, Mass.-based 6 River Systems (6RS), a provider of collaborative warehouse solutions and subsidiary of multi-channel commerce platform Shopify, said today that it has rolled out various enhancements to Chuck, its collaborative mobile robot.

Fetch Robotics announced the availability of Workflow Builder, the company’s new drag-and-drop development toolkit that allows shippers to implement flexible automation in existing manufacturing, distribution and fulfillment facilities.

The first generation of warehouse execution systems (WES) brought a new level of orchestration to automated warehouses. The next generation promises to bring a new level of optimization and productivity to the conventional warehouse. Get ready for WES 2.0.

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Along with building out an unparalleled network, Amazon is investing in associates to win the war for talent.

Visiting Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Center, North Haven, Connecticut; the materials handling systems and robots are impressive, but what makes Amazon Amazon is delivering customer experience, you don't get that by automation alone.

The changes occurring in the warehouse today will need to extend upstream to production processes and downstream through last mile delivery.

The robots are impressive, but what makes Amazon Amazon is delivering a customer experience. You don't get that by automation alone.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Jim Gehr, President, Retail, DHL Supply Chain, North America, at the RILA (Retail Industry Leaders Association) LINK 2020 in Dallas. Their conversation focused on a wide range of topics, including trade and tariffs, Peak Season, coronavirus, and last mile logisitcs, among others.

Partnership with industry-leading provider of mobile connection management solutions will improve mobile device performance, productivity and security

Shelton, Conn.-based 3Gtms, said today it has acquired Pacejet, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of enterprise, cloud-based multi-carrier shipping software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Learn how Ottawa Logistics Fulfillment was able to shift from a traditional pallet in / pallet out warehouse to grow their e-commerce fulfillment business by nearly 190%.