Warehousing and Robots
How much did Amazon buy Kiva for?
$800M
What are the positives and negatives of I-shaped and L-Shaped?
-Requires more available space -Can provide heightened security -Can provide larger sorting areas -Provides isolated monitoring of functions
What should shipping and receiving be evaluated on?
1. Available Space 2. Throughput Needs 3. Available Resources (personnel, equipment)
What are the other two types of warehouse layouts, and how are the similar
1. L-Shaped and I-Shaped (Through Flow) 2. Similar because shipping and receiving are located on opposite sides of the warehouse
What is the general process from start to finish in the Mejier warehouse?
1. Received goods are recognized by technology that directs process 2. Placed in high bay warehouse 3. De-palletizer separates case from pallet 4. Case order machine pushes case into pallet to create density and stability 5. Stretch wrapper wraps the pallet in seconds
Benefits of Kiva in Amazon Warehouse
1. increase storage space by 50% 2. Faster than people 3. Help people focus on their job
About how many automatically picked cases leave the Meijer warehouse each day?
94,000
What is the "supermarket of tomorrow"?
A 70,000 sq foot supermarket in Milan, Italy that has a large, digital interface by products telling customers about the source of the food, nutritional value, and the carbon footprint. Robots also replenish the stock.
What company uses a bin system and robots to increase the efficiency and reduce the storage involved in warehousing?
Autostore
Who created the "supermarket of tomorrow"?
Carlo Ratti - an architect and Urban Innovation Professor at MIT
How does Kiva work?
Items are kept on portable storage units that can be retrieved by robots when needed. -Each robot is on a wireless network speaking with a host. -The robot is commanded to travel on certain stickers at certain times. Stickers are like a 2-D barcode the recognizes robot location
What is the name of Amazon's robot technology?
Kiva
What company has a fully-automated warehouse?
Meijer in Wisconson
Who is the CEO of Kiva?
Nick Mounz
How does the Autostore warehousing system work?
Place goods in bins that are stacked in an aluminum structure and received by robots running on the top tracks. Robots drop off selected goods into receiving ports where workers can put the goods in a box.
How do the Autostore robots know what to grab?
The picking list is transferred from the warehouse management system to the robot's command system.
What do Kiva robots do?
They bring inventory to the workers within 15 minutes. -up to 750 lbs -3-4 MPH -Sensors to ID robots
What is the most common warehouse shape?
U-Shaped: -Shipping and receiving same side -Share resources -Minimal product handling -Cross docking: unloading materials and loading them directly into outbound trucks, with little or no storage in between
What technology does Mejier use?
Witron's OPM Technology: Order Picking Machinery