CEVA Logistics has reportedly increased its speed of operation at its Australian super-site by 400% following the deployment of automated mobile robots (AMRs).
The achievement within the 250,000m2 facility, located in Truganina, near Melbourne, is reportedly a world-first for a goods to person (GTP) implementation.
CEVA invested in the GTP AMR from IntraLogisteX 2020 exhibitor Geek+ to improve throughput and picking rates for one of its largest e-commerce clients in Australia.
According to the 3PL, the robotic solution, which brings the shelf to the picker, could be scalable across CEVA operations globally.
The project took three weeks to go-live, including the installation of eight robots working across a trial 400m2 of warehouse space.
Each robot can pick shelves up to 500kg and are controlled by a centralised control system.
All staff pickers underwent a two-week training induction during the implementation phase.
Milton Pimenta, CEVA Logistics’ managing director for Australia and New Zealand, said: “With the scale of CEVA’s operation at the super-site we could immediately see this AMR solution was a very fast and efficient picking productivity and throughput option for us.
“AMR is the future for e-commerce operations, and we are excited to stay ahead of the competition in offering this kind of solution.”
CEVA worked on a co-investment basis with integrator Cohesio Group during the pilot phase and the companies worked together to create and deliver the solution.
The two companies will now deliver AMR robot solutions to other warehouses across the CEVA global network.
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Geek+ (stand 430) will be at IntraLogisteX 2020, which will take place on 28 and 29 July at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. The exhibition was rescheduled in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.
