Locus Robotics is expanding its commercial partnership with Radial, an e-commerce fulfillment specialist owned by bpost, by deploying its robots at a fourth warehouse.
Radial is now using Locus’ autonomous mobile robots (AMR) at its warehouse site in Romeoville (Illinois), USA. The robots will support high-volume order fulfillment for SKIMS, a solutions-oriented retail brand creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear, and shapewear.
“This new deployment expands Radial’s ability to strategically scale to meet the growing needs of dynamic and growing customers like SKIMS.” Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics, said. “Locus’ flexibility, seamless scalability, and fast ROI have helped Radial to consistently meet and exceed their global customers’ expectations.”
With the implementation of Locus AMRs, Radial optimises the operations at its fulfillment centre to meet rapidly increasing volumes and seasonal peaks, while also helping to control labour costs. LocusBots optimise worker productivity in the order fulfillment process by decreasing unproductive walking time and improving worker ergonomics and workplace quality.
“The innovative, multi-bot, Locus solution has already proven itself in multiple operations in our network, driving greater operational efficiency, productivity, and accuracy for our customers,” Matt Snyder, SVP, Solutions and Transformation, Radial, said.
The Locus solution works seamlessly with Radial’s existing picking technologies and infrastructure, providing an easy-to-deploy solution at any existing centre.
Locus’s AMRs also help expedite the onboarding of new Radial employees and seasonal workers so they can be highly productive, faster. The Locus solution includes integrated multi-language capabilities and an intuitive interface, without the need for long training times or added training and development resources.
