Case Studies
Catch.com.au improves services with over 100 AMRs
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
Siemens Switchgear joins industry 4.0 with Geek+ Smart Factory
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
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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
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ASDA launches UKs first national sortation project
About Customer
Asda Logistics Services is a hub of activity, with 39 nationwide distribution operations including 21 food depots, three clothing centers, two ambient GM hubs, two import centers, two dot.com fulfillment centers, and nine ASCs. Supporting distribution across five types of store formats as well as the delivery of parcels to customers’ homes and to store for Click and Collect, Asda Logistics Services distributes an estimated 800,000 deliveries to store and 20,000,000 deliveries to customers a year.
The challenge
- More customers shopping online, followed by surges in forward and reversed volume
- Boost Asda’s toyou e-commerce service to better serve customers
- Respond to fluctuating order volumes without having to invest in additional warehouse space.
Our Solution
- 60 Geek+ S20C robots were deployed on a sorting area of 360 sqm in Asda’s cross-docking facility.
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Geek+ M100 robots streamline Yanfeng’s manufacturing process
The Customer
Yanfeng is a world leader in automotive interiors focused on product development, system integration, and design. Since 2010, Yanfeng has expanded its global presence and is currently operating over 230 factories worldwide with over 65,000 employees, and 6,700 employees dedicated to development and design. By providing the automotive industry with first-class products and services, Yanfeng aims to redefine the way people relax, work and play inside their vehicles.
The Challenge
- Low efficiency of moving materials to production line
- Difficulties managing inventory
- Long material transportation path
- Labor-intensive operations due to frequent manual transfer of materials
- Difficulties visualizing the manufacturing flow and high error rates
Our Solution
- Geek+ provides Yanfeng with moving robots M100 for transferring raw materials to production lines
- Connecting Geek+ Moving System (GMS) to WMS and MES, enabling real-time visibility of the manufacturing process
The Geek+ impact
- Reduced labor costs
- 99% Material handling accuracy
- Real-time monitoring of manufacturing process
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Konica Minolta streamlines manufacturing process with both picking and moving 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
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INLAYLINK factory realizes a smart upgrade with moving robots
The Customer
INLAYLINK is one of the world-renowned manufacturers of RFID tag antennas, specializing in the design, research and development, production, and sales of RFID tag antennas. It is also one of the few high-tech companies that can provide RFID data collection solutions and has won many world-known rewards.
The Challenge
- On-site materials are moved across floors and multiple areas frequently, and manual handling cannot guarantee the timeliness
- Manual handling is labor-intensive
- The value of a single material on-site is high. Checking, verification, signing, and handover are required for the delivery, online, offline, and warehousing links.
- The efficiency is low and the management cost is high.
- An information system is required to connect the warehouse and the production line to achieve physical and automatic docking of accounts.
Our Solution
- The site is equipped with 12 M1000 robots that transfers the materials out of the warehouse and sends them to the production lines.
- The robots are connected with vertical warehouse stackers, elevators, access control, and other systems to realize automatic, accurate, and timely distribution of materials across floors and sectors.
- The Geek+ Moving System (GMS) is connected to WMS and MES, enabling real-time visibility of the manufacturing process.
The Geek+ impact
- The integration information allowed a reduction in material management costs by 60%
- Material handling efficiency increased by 30%
- Reduced labor-insensitive operations
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Geek+ implements first large-scale AMR sorting system for Banggood’s e-commerce business
The customer
Banggood is a global e-commerce player focused on B2C cross-border export. With 37 international warehouses and deliveries bound for over 200 countries, Banggood is committed to bringing high-quality goods, efficient supply chain and top-class customer service to the world.
The challenge
Due to the accelerated shift towards e-commerce, Banggood faced challenges of rapid growth in online sales, unpredictable demand, labor shortages, and higher requirements for safer operations. With labor-intense processes often subject to inaccurate sorting, the company turned to Geek+ to automate its warehouse and realize and upgrade in its sorting operations.
Our solution
- To meet customer demand, Banggood turned to Geek+ Fleetsort solution, using a combination of S20T and P500 robots and realize more efficient and accurate operations through automated parcel sorting.
The Geek+ impact
- Reduced labor costs
- Reduced investment in fixed facilities
- Significant improvements in sorting efficiency
- 99% sorting accuracy
Geek+ & eStore Logistics partner to implement the largest rollout of AMRs in Australian e-commerce
The customer
eStore Logistics is Australia’s largest 3PL e-commerce fulfillment business. With a network of warehouses in Melbourne and Sydney, eStore strives to enable retailers across Australia to meet higher customer expectations by providing them with accurate, fast, and cost-efficient deliveries.
The challenge
Serving over 50 of Australia’s leading online retailers, eStore Logistics has a very wide SKU range. In turn, eStore Logistics was looking for a technology partner that could support its multi-customer business, flexibly meet rapidly changing SKUs and enable retailers to improve fulfillment performance while remaining profitable.
Our solution
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On the company’s 26,000 sqm warehouse Geek+ deployed 200 picking robots.
The Geek+ impact
- 30% reduction in logistics costs for eStore’s customers
- Improved same-day delivery service
- Productivity increased by 300%
- 99 % Picking Accuracy
DSV doubled its productivity by deploying Geek+ picking system
The customer
DSV is a global supplier of transport and logistics solutions. With offices and facilities in more than 90 countries on six continents, DSV provides and runs supply chain solutions for thousands of companies on a daily basis.
The challenge
In its Hong Kong warehouse, they have more than 6,000 SKUs of tiny cosmetic items in a 45,000 sq.ft area. Workers take time to walk through the warehouse and spot the right item to fulfill each order. This lowers the picking productivity & accuracy.
Our solution
- Geek+ deployed 42 picking robots, 739 racks & 9 workstations in DSV warehouse. Once DSV received clients' order, Geek+ RMS would control the picking robots to bring the right rack with the right amount of items for workers to fulfill multi-order picking. Workers no longer need to walk through the warehouse.
The Geek+ impact
- Productivity has been doubled
- Improved picking accuracy
- Reduce in labor cost
- Overall 200% increase in bin location and thus increasing storage capacity
- Innovative product application, assist brand marketing effectively
Decathlon Triples Efficiency with Logistics Robots
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
The rapid growth of Decathlon's e-commerce business highlighted the limited performance of manual processes. Additionally, as a pioneer of the RFID technology, Decathlon required higher picking efficiency and accuracy to meet its business goals.
Our Solution
- Geek+ provides innovative warehousing solutions for Decathlon’s massive Kunshan warehouse: an RFID technology-based goods-to-person picking and inventory program
- The project area is about 2,000 square meters, with 46 P800 robots, 7 picking stations, and 7 single-point stations. The total inventory of the warehouse is nearly 300,000, involving more than 20,000 SKUs
The Geek+ impact
- Shipment capacity increased to 40,000 pieces/day
- Picking efficiency has reached 300 pieces/hour, 300% increased from manual picking
- Picking system integrated with RFID technology improve inventory management and increase accuracy
- The single-point station adopted to save space and make the operation more flexible
How does retail giant Walmart successfully reduce cost and increase efficiency?
Geek+ robots help Walmart easily handle their massive quantity of SKUs, improving their picking efficiency by about 3.5 times
The customer
Walmart is a multinational retail corporation and the number 1 Fortune 500 company. It operates 8,500 stores worldwide, more than 400 stores in China, 18 logistics distribution centers, and has dozens of new stores opening each year.
The challenge
As the world largest retail chain operating different hypermarket chains and discount stores Walmart faces a variety of challenges with its warehouses including:
- Large volumes in and out of the warehouse; Massive SKUs; Different depth of storage; High volatility;
- Daily orders must be shipped the on same day, and delivery accuracy requirements of 99.99%;
- High error rate and high labor costs of manual picking
Our solution
This is the first time Walmart has used robotic solutions in its warehouses. Geek+ implemented a pilot project in Walmart’s Shenzhen Distribution Center to test the efficiency and adaptability of the Geek+ Picking System with Wal-Mart’s existing operations.
Geek+ deployed 6 picking robots in a 200 square meter pilot area, used for loading and unloading shelves, replenishing shelves, inventory, and performing outbound operations according to order instructions.
The Geek+ impact
- Highly successful pilot project for Walmart’s first robotic solution experience
- Reduced labor intensity
- Improved picking accuracy
- Productivity increased from 149 pieces/person/hour to 533 pieces per person/hour
- Picking efficiency improved by 3.5 times
- Following the successful test, Walmart and Geek+ are expanding its partnership, with 18 more new robots and introducing the robotic solution to Walmart Chile.
Yanfeng swiftly and efficiently completed the behind-the-scenes assistance of its smart factory transformation
Geek+ empowered Yanfeng to achieve faster production pace and better efficiency and stability of its automotive manufacturing solutions.
The customer
Yanfeng focuses on automotive interior and exterior, car seats, cockpit electronics and safety. Since 2010, Yanfeng has actively expanded its presence globally market and has become the world’s largest automotive interior company. It currently has more than 230 factories worldwide and employs more than 65,000 people (including more than 6,700 engineering and design staff).
The challenge
- Cost: Labor costs are rising year by year
- Efficiency: It is increasingly difficult for logistics to meet high-frequency production needs
- Safety: High risk for manual handling
- Management: Unable to conduct WIP inventory management and data traceability
Our solution
- Geek+ provides Yanfeng with 18 P800 for picking and handling and introduces a self-developed inventory process management system
- Geek+ solutions take care of the handling and buffering of finished products after injection molding; before and after secondary processing, and picking and handling before delivery, effectively achieving unmanned and intelligent automation
The Geek+ impact
- 4 production areas are linked with robots for better efficiency, increasing average production tempo to 60s
- Average production tempo increased to 60S
- Feeding flow rate up to 60 cars / hour, twice the efficiency of traditional AGV
- Efficient and timely management of production flow, achieving a neat and organized site layout and scoring a system management accuracy rate of 100%
- Return on investment achieved in less than 2 years
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