Carhartt Shares How They Leverage DHL/Locus for 2x Success

Apparel retailer deploys robots and sees a 200% productivity increase

"We've had some past experience with AGVs, and the size, cost model, maintenance, and upkeep with Locus has been a lot better,” said Gariety. “The flexibility of adding and reducing as needed has been much better and then the usability of the technology with the language has been, honestly, a game changer." 

The Locus solution has helped the human associates with lessened exertion, flexibility, and more. “The robots have enabled our associates to be cross-trained in other different environments, and we’ve seen promotions as a result,” said Reese Clemens, General Manager, DHL. 

The Locus solution dashboard also benefits the full team. "With the dashboard, we can see when products are starting to ramp up and go out by tracking where the robots are going on a day-to-day basis," said Gariety.

“So we make adjustments based off that data to place more product into areas and reduce traffic. It gives us a live mapping of what's going in and out so we can position it productively." 

Carhartt and DHL found Locus’s easy scalability ideal to meet seasonal volume increases. "Peak season was incredibly successful," said Justin Kastman, Director of Operations, DHL. "We had a record day of over 110,000 units picked that were supported by Locus in the each pick process." 

“Throughout the whole process, we've been supported along the entire way with Locus," continued Kastman. "We just crossed the 10 million unit mark at this facility seven or eight months after our Go-Live. That was incredibly fast and shows again the value that Locus has brought to the facility here."