WP: How to achieve 400 UPH with Locus Fast Pick
Rhenus, a distributor for the largest bookseller in German-speaking countries, struggled to hire and train associates due to the seasonality of their business. They chose Locus Robotics because it was easy to implement; didn't require major modifications to their operations; and the communication between the Locus solution and their WMS was easy.
“Our business and our customers’ business are going through a period of considerable growth so we’re looking for ways to help us scale and support our customers’ business.” – Tony Hollis
Amware (now Staci Americas) Fulfillment specializes in high volume, ecommerce fulfillment services. Their nationwide fulfillment warehouse network of 18 3PL fulfillment centers across the U.S. minimizes costly, high-zone moves and gets product moving to customers faster.
Discover how Ulta Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the U.S., is revolutionizing its distribution centers by integrating cutting-edge Locus Bots. This transformation not only lightens the load for associates but also enhances picking accuracy and efficiency across their 1,385 stores.
To increase pick, pack, and ship speeds to meet exploding demand, UPS automated their fulfillment process with Locus Robotics. Productivity increased from 40-45 lines per hour (LPH) to 80-90 LPH with the LocusBots and close to 100 LPH in some cases.
"The UPS Healthcare Louisville, KY facility features multiple freezers, and cooler storage, which is 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. Before automation, warehouse associates used a scan gun and pulled a big metal cart with three shelves on it for products. On average, associates could walk 10,000 steps in a single shift. Implementing the Locus solution helped UPS Healthcare enhance their order accuracy, speed, and quality. In the six months after launching the bots, they saw a 54% increase in lines picked, enabling them to deliver products to customers faster."
"Verst needed a new solution in order to meet aggressive SLAs during peak season for their new client. “The integration was perfectly smooth, very few alterations had to be done. It was ready to go when peak began and it’s been working well since then.”"
What Our Customers are Saying
In anything that we do for UPS Healthcare, we obviously make sure that we don't create any risk for our customer or their end customer. That must be number one. We have a validation process to make sure we don't create any risk and our processes function properly before we begin deployment into actual production.
Chad Wells
Senior Operations Manager
UPS Healthcare
We’ve seen UPH productivity double, which is huge to anybody operating warehouses on a costs and efficiency play.
Tony Gariety
VP of Distribution Operations
Carhartt
The robots are doing all of the traveling and the team is really just doing the picking. So instead of paying people to travel, we’re paying people to pick.
Theron Neese
Chief Supply Chain Officer
ISN
Having Locus Robotics on site, is firmly enhancing our ability to hit SLA on a daily basis
Adam Bialasiewicz
General Manager
iForce
Prior to the LocusBots we were at 30-40 units per hour per picker. We’re now in the range of anywhere between 120-150 units per hour.
Kristi Montgomery
VP, Innovation, Research and Development
Kenco Group
Having seen Locus Robotics used at another facility, it was a no-brainer to bring Locus here since we'd seen it used on an even larger scale.
Austin Feagins
Senior Director of Customer Solutions
Staci Americas
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