About Customer

With over 25 years of experience in the local market, A&D Pharma is one of the largest pharmaceutical groups in Europe, offering pharmaceutical retail and drug distribution services, with a turnover of over 1 billion euros in 2021 and over 5000 employees.

A&D Pharma has two business lines, both of strategic importance: A drug distribution line and a pharmaceutical retail line.

About Partner

One of Europe’s leading chain of pharmacies, Dr.Max, recently upgraded their operations with a fleet of Geek+ shelf-to-person robots. Their distribution center in Bucharest, Romania, is now able to handle over 25 000 items a month with a picking accuracy rate of over 99%. The result is a new experience of shopping for medications for Dr.Max’s patients – the Hyper Pharmacy – where the experience goes beyond simply handing over a prescription and receiving medications.

The Challenge 

• The challenge posed by the growth of e-commerce businesses in recent years, as well as the demand of peak season.

• Delivering products with a very strict best-before date in a faster and more accurate way. Customers need products from outbound operations to be shipped with the correct best-before date (Expiry date)

Our Solution

• Dr. Max's distribution center in Bucharest (Romania) is operating currently with 96 P500 picking robots. The area in which the Geek+ shelf-to-person solutions operate is 3,200 m², out of a total warehouse area of 4,830 m².

• Dr. Max is able to handle more than 25,000 SKUs per month thanks to Geek+'s warehouse automation. With 99.99% accuracy, Dr. Max is able to handle 180 - 190 lines/hour during peak seasons.

• Dr. Max has become a gamechanger in the pharmaceutical industry by implementing these solutions. It has become one of the most powerful e-commerce players in Romania and has established a new way of shopping in pharmacies with a concept called Hyper Pharmacies.                                               

The Geek+ impact

• 99.99% accuracy in packet classification

• The warehouse supports more than 25,000 SKUs per month

• 96 P500 robots working 24/7

• One of the most important e-commerce platforms in Romania         

About Customer

Ariat International, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of innovative performance equestrian footwear, apparel and belts. Featuring a patented technology designed to deliver stability, durability and comfort, Ariat pioneered the application of advanced athletic shoe technology into English riding boots and authentic Western boots, Ariat products are sold in a network of retail outlets throughout the world. 

About Partner

Supply Chains are growing more complex by the day. Körber Supply Chain uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy or appetite for growth. Capable of delivering not just software, but automation, voice, robotics, and materials handling - plus the expertise to tie it all together. We are a global partner not just for today, but also as the needs of supply chains continue to evolve. 

The Challenge 

• Labor Shortages created by the rise in demand 
• Needing to optimize the warehouse and increase throughput
• Needing to reduce physical strain for associates

Our Solution

Geek+ worked collaboratively with Körber Supply Chain to optimize throughput and increase storage capacity in Ariat's 1 million sq. ft warehouse operations. Integrating with K. Motion Warehouse Advantage (WMS), 88 Geek+ picking robots and 2,000 racks helped Ariat to achieve greater operational speed and end-customer experience. After its initial order, Ariat expanded the solution with an additional 30 picking robots.                                                          

The Geek+ impact

• Improved picking efficiency, accuracy and throughput
• Decreased walking distance by 82% - from 40,000 steps a day to 7,000 steps a day
• Increased associates' productivity by 100%
• Faster and easier training process for associates
• Moral boosting - staff see automation as a way to support them, instead of replacing them 

About Customer

Founded in France in 1976, Decathlon is a professional sports goods retailer specializing in the mass sports market, integrating the entire production chain of sports product design, R&D, production, branding, logistics, and retail. With over 1500 stores in 49 countries, it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world.

The challenge

New customer expectations for e-commerce – higher volumes of orders and returns, same- and next-day delivery, and nearly perfect accuracy – have brought

new challenges for retailers and a need to address logistics bottlenecks. With 1045 stores in 25 European countries, Decathlon requires a highly flexible and fast supply chain and has turned to Geek+’s goods-to-person solutions to optimize its B2C logistics.

Our Solution

Geek+ tailor-made new robotics solutions for three distribution centers located in Castelnau, France,

Łódź, Poland, and Campania, Italy, use hundreds of P-series picking robots. Unlike traditional infrastructure, the AMR systems allow for flexible maintenance and modification without any interruption of service.

The Geek+ impact

• Expansion of the online customer base across EU

• Increase storage capacity by up to 30%

• Increase picking efficiency: 250 order lines per hour per station

• Increase putaway efficiency: 339 articles per hour per station

• 3x efficiency vs. manual operations

About Customer

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Wuhan, China, the company is responsible for the distribution of pharmaceutical formulation, TCM and herbs, medical devices, APIs, and more. With a broad domestic distribution network, the company is considered one of China’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

The challenge

• Labor-intensive operations and unsafe work environment
• Strict safety regulations due to COVID-19
• Need for more storage capacity
• Demand for highly accurate operations

Our Solution

• Eight tote-picking RS-2 robots were deployed on a 500 sqm storage area
• Installation of robot compatible shelving, including 3000 totes

The Geek+ impact

• Storage capacity improved by 200%
• Picking efficiency improved by 300%
• Picking accuracy improved by 99.99%
• Improved work environment compatible with current safety regulations

About Customer

Catch.com.au is one of Australia’s leading online retailers. Founded in 2006, they aim to bring new e-commerce solutions to Australia and support online shoppers with a wide range of brands and products at low prices. Purchased by Westfarmers Group in June 2019, they experienced rapid business growth.

The challenge

• Low warehouse storage efficiency cannot meet regular storage demands
• Rapid surge in demand
• Rapidly growing customer base with 30,000 new customers every week
• High expectations for fast and accurate deliveries

Our Solution

• Over 100 picking robots were deployed in Catch.com.au’s 2,000 sqm facility to manage an inventory of 80,000 SKUs

The Geek+ impact

• The ability to quickly expand operations in line with growth
• Improved picking efficiency; picking rates up to 2000 items / h
• Increased throughput capacity and speed of delivery

About Customer

Siemens Switchgear is a world-leading manufacturer of switchgear equipment.

The Challenge

• Low warehouse storage efficiency cannot meet regular storage demands
• Low picking efficiency and accuracy
• Labor-intensive operations in in the warehouse
• Inefficient quality inspection process
• Manual handling of heavy materials

Our Solution

• Smart Factory solution of integrated logistics robots
• Four-way shuttles
• P800 Goods-to-Person robots
• C200S Bin-to-Person robots
• heavy-load handling robot M1000s

The Geek+ impact

• 2-3 x improved storage capacity
• 99.99% accurate operations
• 2.5 x storing efficiency 
• Outbound collection process improved by 2.15 x
• 30% less manual labor
• More visibility across the production flow through integrated solutions

The customer

Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, including copiers, laser printers, multi-functional peripherals (MFPs) and digital print systems for the production printing market.

The challenge

• Konica was looking for an AMR solution to achieve higher accuracy of materials handling in its warehouse and replace its magnetic stripe AGVs which offer little flexibility, are subject to low operating efficiency, and lead to high maintenance costs.
• Production line consists of more than 30,000 different materials, it is costly to manage the inventory and accuracy.
• High frequency of material delivery, low efficiency of manual material delivery, poor timeliness, and high labor-intensity.

Our solution

• 10 P800 robots in the warehouse and make use of Geek+ iWMS , for precise management of materials
• 3 M100 robots featuring SLAM navigation at the production line to deliver the materials from warehouse to production line
• Geek+ Moving System (GMS) receives task from iWMS and deliver the materials to production line automatically.
  
  

The Geek+ impact

• Improved inventory accuracy
• Stock-taking frequency reduced by 92%
• Material delivery efficiency increased by 31~42%
• Storage area saved by more than 32%
• Reduced labor intensity