HAI ROBOTICS, Anta to launch third project in warehouse automation.
HAI ROBOTICS is working with sportswear giant Anta on a third automated warehouse following the success of two earlier projects. The subscription of the latest project from Anta, together with dozens of projects ongoing in the footwear and apparel market, marks HAI ROBOTICS an established supplier in the sector.
SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 28, 2022 – HAI ROBOTICS, a global pioneer in Autonomous Case-handling Robotic (ACR) systems for warehouse logistics, and Anta, the world’s top three sportswear brand, will launch in south China a new project, as the autonomous robot maker’s cutting-edge autonomous totes-to-person solution will help Anta accommodate surging orders.
The latest project, which will begin in April in Anta’s brand-new warehouse in Foshan, Guangdong Province, will be the two firms’ third collaboration, demonstrating HAI ROBOTICS’ continuous success in warehouse automation, particularly in the footwear and clothing sector.
The 9-meter-high warehouse would reach a far higher storage density with HAI ROBOTICS’ ACR system, offering up to 30,240 spots and a daily throughput of 128,000 units.
Anta has seen a surge in business as an official sponsor of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, putting warehouse logistics under strain.
“Anta sees HAI ROBOTICS as an important long-term partner, as we have shared ambition in smart warehousing,” Chen Jiancong, General Manager of logistics of Anta Group, said at the group’s logistics partnership conference, held in its headquarters in Jinjiang, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on Tuesday.
Richie Chen, founder, and CEO of HAI ROBOTICS, said his company names Anta as one of the top-ten most important global clients, who are entitled to more tailored service. “Together we will keep innovating to address more challenging scenarios for the footwear and apparel warehousing sector and bring more added value to our customers,” Chen said.
HAI ROBOTICS, named a global AI unicorn by Hurun Research Institute in the 2021 ranking, has dozens of ongoing projects for top footwear and apparel brands.
The company was awarded the best strategic supplier by Anta, at Tuesday’s conference, to recognize the efficiency the ACR system has helped to achieve in the supply chain.
In April 2021, HAI ROBOTICS’ ACR system was installed in Anta’s warehouse in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, southwestern China.
The storage density of the 5.7-meter-high warehouse rose dramatically, offering up to 27,600 locations, thanks to 25 customized HAIPICK robots doing case picking and retrieving from shelves to continually feed goods-to-person picking stations. It has the capacity to process up to 80,000 outbound orders per day.
The warehouse, which was previously overburdened by the need to handle tens of thousands of SKUs with low picking accuracy, is now supplying 1,200 physical stores with a weekly outgoing volume of 60,000 pieces.
The HAIPICK ACR system, independently developed in 2015, is the world’s first of its kind. Founded in 2016 with headquarters in Shenzhen, China, HAI ROBOTICS has set up six subsidiaries in Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, serving customers from more than 30 countries and regions. With more than 1,300 team members, the company has acquired over 600 global patents for core intellectual properties involving positioning, robot control, and warehouse management.
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