GXO Logistics has announced that it has reached a multi-year global agreement with 6 River Systems to meet demand for collaborative mobile robots in its logistics operations across the USA and Europe.
“6 River Systems’ Chucks provide a huge boost to the retention of our team members and deliver a substantial sustained increase in operational productivity,” said Sandeep Sakharkar, chief information officer at GXO.
“This agreement fortifies our long-term partnership with6 River Systems, ensuring rapid deployment of popular productivity-enhancing warehouse collaborative robots that give our customers a competitive advantage.”
Chucks are designed to help reduce training time for new team members by as much as 80%.
The collaborative mobile robots use sensors to navigate and are capable of operating in multi-tier installations, directing employees to the correct inventory on multiple levels, processing more goods and maximising available space.
They also reduce walking distances for employees and speed operations such as stocking, picking and sorting items.
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“Our extended partnership with GXO proves that our wall-to-wall fulfilment solutions provide our customers with the ability to scale their global operations,” said Rylan Hamilton, co-founder and co-CEO at 6 River Systems.
“In less than five years, GXO has been able to utilise 6 River Systems innovations to address some of their biggest opportunities and create a trusted fulfilment ecosystem for their customers.
“We look forward to delivering great business outcomes to GXO with this new phase of our strategic partnership.”
6 River Systems (Stand 602) will be at IntraLogisteX 2023 on 28-29 March at NEC Birmingham. For more information, please visit www.intralogistex.co.uk
