Fetch Robotics, a specialist in warehouse robotics, is partnering with Zebra Technologies to optimise and automate warehouse picking processes.
Under the agreement, Fetch autonomous mobile robots integrate with Zebra FulfillmentEdge software to streamline picking across multiple orders for piece, case, and pallet workflows.
This will enable the Fetch AMRs to pick faster and more accurately, delivering improved workflows and reducing labour costs.
Through the combined solution, workers are collaboratively dispatched in optimised pick paths across multiple orders turning manual material movement into high-value, productive picking time.
FulfillmentEdge can direct Fetch AMRs to other non-picking operations such as removal of recycling, reverse logistics and restocking of packing stations to maximize robot utilisation.
The solution also makes it easier to train workers for new workflows, reducing training and onboarding time up to 90 percent.
“By integrating Fetch AMRs with Zebra FulfillmentEdge and the optional enterprise-class HD4000 head-mounted display, we have created a solution for companies to modernise their picking operations without having to upgrade their warehouse management system or make changes to their facilities,” says Stefan Nusser, VP of products at Fetch Robotics.
Improving efficiency
“This combined solution enables companies to increase revenue by directing workers to high-value activity, reduce unproductive material movement and dwell time, and improve efficiency across piece, case, and pallet picking operations.”
The picking process is streamlined with visual cues presented as a simplified graphical and numerical overlay in the HD4000 head-mounted display to provide information including item location, pick total, directional prompts and cues showing pickers where to place the right quantities for each customer order on the Fetch AMR cart.
Joe White, senior vice president of enterprise mobile computing, Zebra Technologies, says:
“Warehouse operations leaders need to synchronise their WMS, worker and workflow optimization solutions and new automation deployments to maximize return on investment and minimise risks to supply chain operations.
“Combining Zebra FulfillmentEdge with Fetch’s broad portfolio of AMRs empowers our joint customers to modernise their warehousing, distribution and fulfillment operations by optimizing the performance of front-line workers alongside AMRs.”
