2025.June.10
Case Study
The Customer
- GEODIS, a global leader in transport and logistics, specializes in innovative solutions tailored to freight forwarding, supply chain optimization, and contract logistics. With operations in over 170 countries, the company is committed to helping customers overcome logistical challenges through cutting-edge technology and smart logistics systems.
The Challenge
- E-commerce growth: Sustained increases in online shopping created a demand for faster and more efficient order fulfillment processes.
- Space optimization: Maximizing storage capacity was critical in a high-demand logistics environment.
- Operational efficiency: The need to meet increasing customer expectations for accuracy and agility.
- COVID-19 challenges: Ensuring compliance with social distancing protocols and minimizing reliance on manual labor.
Our Solution
- High-density storage: Custom storage racks and shelves enabled better space utilization by eliminating the need for aisles between parked shelves.
- AI-powered order fulfillment: Robots precisely located, tracked, and moved inventory, delivering items directly to pick-and-pack stations. This eliminated operator travel time, increasing productivity.
- Error reduction: Automated systems reduced manual handling, minimizing inventory count errors and improving picking accuracy.
- Enhanced flexibility: Scalable technology allowed operations to adapt seamlessly to fluctuating demand and business growth.
- Safety improvements: Automation and distancing protocols contributed to a safer working environment.
The Geekplus impact
- Improved efficiency: Enhanced speed and accuracy in order fulfillment, directly benefiting e-commerce and retail customers.
- Space optimization: High-density storage increased overall storage capacity, which supported business scaling.
- Operational cost savings: Reduced manual labor and minimized errors led to long-term cost savings.
- Business growth support: Flexible automation technology enabled GEODIS to meet rising customer demands without operational disruptions.
- Safe operations: Achieving workplace safety while adhering to social distancing guidelines during the ongoing pandemic.
“Our investments in this AI-driven automation system bring substantial value to our e-commerce and retail customers. These solutions deliver long-term cost savings, operational efficiencies, and enhanced flexibility, which are crucial in today’s fast-paced logistics environment.”
Onno Boots, Regional President & CEO of GEODIS Asia Pacific
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