Hong Kong Sea Transport and
Logistics Association (HKSTLA) organized a seminar named “Robotics and AI
Application in Logistic”. Around the
world, the growth of e-commerce is spurring and it’s obvious that efficient
storage and shipment in warehouse is crucial to meet increasing consumers’
expectations of fast and cheap delivery.
Many well-known enterprises have begun to deploy intelligent warehouse
to keep up with the trend. This seminar
shared how robotic automation help logistic to achieve greater warehouse
productivity and drive cost saving. The guest speaker was Mr. Lit Fung (Managing
Director of Geek Plus overseas market).
Since I had only joined the
last part, Mr. Fung had presented the different automation solutions included
Traditional Manual Operation, Conventional Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) and
Geek Picking System.
Then Mr. Fung explained
sorting system that was Robots + Induction Workstation + Charging Station.
Two products were introduced. They were Steel Platform and Code Reading Equipment. Steel Platform (also called working platform) feature is all package structure which he design is very flexible.
Industrial code reading equipment
use advanced image processing techniques, superfast image acquisition which
could independently process parcel barcode in free position.
Many famous brand employed
Geek’s solutions.
At the end, the product
video was showed.
During Q&A session, Mr.
Fung said their product cost only 30%~40% less than Europe product. Moreover, China had large volume for logistic
pressure test so as to improve their product.
For 3000 sq. meter (~30,000 sq. ft) warehouse, implementation cost was
about $3 to $5 million but it needed to consider the throughput. He raise an example that could reduce
manpower from 20 picking staff to 5 picking staff that $5million investment’s ROI
was within 2~3 years! Preventive Maintenance
cost is around 5~8% of project sum.
Reference:
HKSTLA - http://www.hkstla.org/
20130317: HKSTLA Seminar of
Sharing on Social Media Adoption - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2013/03/hkstla-seminar-of-sharing-on-social.html
20140115: HKSTLA's BUD Project Conclusion Workshop for
the 8 Industries - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2014/01/hkstlas-bud-project-conclusion-workshop.html
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