Automation

Australian Retailers Embrace Automation As Online Sales Rise Under Lockdown

As lockdowns continue across Australia, many households are doing something they may not have considered just 18 months ago: ordering groceries online....

Niverplast: A Global Partner For Automated Packaging Solutions

Niverplast is a leading provider of innovative automated packaging solutions that enable businesses to check, count/weigh, pack, protect and transport a wi...

Full Automation In Food Retail With RUNPICK From KNAPP

KNAPP’s innovative Robotic Universal Picker – RUNPICK for short – has been specially developed for the food retail sector, taking store d...

RUNPICK By KNAPP: Fully Automatic Full Case Picking for Flexible Store Delivery

KNAPPs new system, RUNPICK, the short form of Robotic Universal Picker, is specially designed for the food retail sector. The fully-automatic syst...

M&S Plans Second Warehouse In Bradford To Boost Online Capacity

British retailer Marks & Spencer has announced plans to increase its online capacity by building a new automated online warehouse in its exist...

Meeting New Challenges In FMCG: Understanding Automation Capabilities In Warehouse Management

The author of this article is Prof Dr Julia Arlinghaus (pictured above), the Director of Fraunhofer Institute of Factory Operation and Automation IFF. D...

Walmart Drops Plans To Use Robots For Tracking Inventory

Walmart Inc has dropped its plans to use roving robots to scan shelves and keep track of inventory, squashing the world's largest retailer's years-lon...

Meatpackers In The Americas Accelerate Automation After Outbreaks, Lagging Europe

As coronavirus outbreaks among workers closed several Canadian meat plants, Henry Mizrahi saw a different future for Lesters Foods, the hot dog factory he...