6 River Systems

6 River Systems (6RS) can double or triple the productivity of warehouse associates—at half the cost of traditional automation and without requiring any new infrastructure or change to warehouse layout. With Chuck, the most configurable collaborative robot in the industry, it’s easy to increase throughput, accelerate new hire training, reduce associate walking, and delight customers.The 6 River Systems solution expands beyond collaborative robots to increase efficiency across your entire operation. Within weeks, you can: Increase productivity in picking, packing, sorting, and replenishment Gain new, actionable insights through real-time data Realize continuous improvement without hardware or infrastructure changes“Operational efficiency is critical to providing an accurate and fast delivery experience, and the demand for this continues to grow. Our solution from 6 River Systems enables us to increase our throughput and get more orders out the door and into customers’ hands. We are excited about their commitment to continually improving and developing their product,” said Glen Sutton, SVP Americas, Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services.6 River System’s order allocation algorithm and optimizations support batch, zone and other picking methodologies to reduce associate walking in the warehouse. With large, modular, multi-level workspaces, Chuck is the most flexible collaborative mobile robot in the industry.Chuck benefits include: Capacity: up to 6 levels for a total of 44.6 ft2 / 4.1m2 of workspace, over three times more than the other providers, handles a broad range of SKUs and a payload of up to 200 lbs / 90.7 kg. Compliance: patent-pending safety system meets international safety standards, including CE and UL1740. Usability: globally recognized lighting, images, and prompts accelerates training and directs associates through their tasks.“Our solution transforms fulfillment operations. Chuck replaces cumbersome and dangerous manual carts, eliminates long walks to receive and deliver work and improves associates' jobs. In turn, this helps companies recruit and retain the best workers,” said Gillan Hawkes, 6 River Systems’ VP of Product. “Unlike traditional automation systems, ours continuously improves through over-the-air software updates and new functionality, helping our existing customers realize year-over-year productivity increases of 10% or greater.”6 River Systems has also been honored with two Red Dot Awards for

Inflexibility and cost of traditional automation pushes 3PL to collaborative robots. ACT Fulfillment is a California-based third-party logistics provider. Founded in 1994 in 15,000 square feet, ACT Fulfillment has grown to 1.4 million square feet. ACT Fulfillment employs 600 people and services wholesale, retail and ecommerce fulfillment for major fashion brands. ACT also provides value added services for its customers. ACT’s Ryan Cox led the project to implement 6 River Systems collaborative robots in a 40,000 square foot picking area dedicated to shoe fulfillment for retail replenishment.The triggers that lead to cobotsIn ACT’s case, multiple factors piqued the company’s interest in collaborative robots:Capacity limits. In 2017, ACT wasn’t able to fulfill enough volume for its retail replenishment and ecommerce operations, and began looking for solutions to speed up production.Process snags. ACT’s workflow prior to implementing cobots was labor intensive, with bulk pick and resorting and resegregating into order level distribution at packout. This process was very labor intensive, averaging 25 units per hour pick to ship, according to Cox.High turnover in tight labor market. ACT faced what many warehouses face today—they struggled to keep staff. They turned temps 5 to 7 times a year, and it took weeks to train people to do bulk pool and to do the sort and segregation.Why ACT chose collaborative robotsRyan learned about 6 River Systems through a warehouse consultant. He originally considered a few traditional automation options, including a post-pick sortation system. But that automation would take more than a year to implement and the price tag started at $5 million. In the end, collaborative robots were the most competitive alternative to traditional automation. The ACT team estimated a 6 River Systems solution could be achieved at a fraction of the cost of the sortation system.ACT chose 6 River Systems, because it is the fastest, most flexible solution on the market, and a fraction of the cost of traditional automation and goods-to-person systems.Quicker implementationWith traditional automation, ACT was looking at a 6-12 month lead time for project completion. With 6 River Systems, it was two months. “These barriers, lead time and cost stopped us

Robotics firm’s new parent.“We are delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Ocado family. 6 River Systems brings exciting new IP and possibilities to the wider Ocado technology estate, as well as valuable commercial and R&D expertise in non-grocery retail segments,” Ocado CEO James Matthews said in a release. “Chuck robots are currently deployed in over 100 warehouses worldwide, with more than 70 customers. We’re looking forward to supporting 6 River Systems to build on these and new relationships in the years to come.”Questions remain surrounding the deal. As 6 River co-founder/Shopify Logistics VP Jerome Dubois recently told me in an interview, the robotics firm struck a deal with Shopify that allowed it to continue supplying systems to customers. That list, which included Ocado, was a far cry from Amazon’s Kiva deal, which suddenly left customers without access to robotic systems.Dubois says it had the conversation “up front,” adding, “We had a strong positive trajectory; we had strong investors. Everyone was really bullish on it. That’s not what it’s been. It’s been the opposite. We’ve been run independently from Shopify. We continue to invest and grow the business.”That conversation occurred at the tail end of March. Economic headwinds have a way of shifting these things quickly. Brian Heater is the Hardware Editor at TechCrunch. He worked for a number of leading tech publications, including Engadget, PCMag, Laptop, and Tech Times, where he served as the Managing Editor. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Juniper. View Bio Most Popular Newsletters Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Related Latest

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