DC Velocity - March 2019

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Automated sortation system: Tompkins Robotics has introduced the t-Sort Plus, a new product in the company’s t-Sort unit and parcel sortation system suite. The system is a robotic material handling system and has applications for both unit and parcel sortation. The technology is designed to help solve the distribution and order fulfillment problems of retailers.

The t-Sort system uses independent robots that can go to any divert and induction station autonomously along the shortest path. Robots, chutes, and induction stations can be added at any time with no interruption to operations. In addition, robots can be added for peak seasons and taken out of service when not needed.

The t-Sort Plus standard payload is up to 66 pounds ( 30 kilograms) with a load size of up to 19 by 40 inches. The system has an alternative configuration for up to 121 pounds ( 55 kilograms). Induction is performed in a manual or automated mode. T-Sort Plus moves in any direction and is easily programmed to meet large item or parcel sorting needs. The robots run up to four hours on a five- to eight-minute charge, recharging automatically when needed.

Applications for this technology include e-commerce fulfillment, store replenishment, store-based fulfillment, returns, and parcel sortation. (Tompkins Robotics, www.tomp-kinsrobotics.com)

Omnichannel platform: TrueCommerce, a global provider of trading partner connectivity, integration, and unified commerce solutions, and ChannelAdvisor Corp., a cloud-based e-commerce solutions company, have partnered to offer a complete omnichannel commerce network platform. This partnership creates an integrated network of marketplaces, wholesale channels, dropship vendors, fulfillment partners, and business systems on one unified cloud-based platform.

TrueCommerce’s Supply Chain Commerce Network is powered by TrueCommerce Foundry, a broad set of unified commerce services and apps that connect customers, suppliers, channels, and systems. This platform is designed to increase supply chain visibility and collaboration by helping organizations make the most of their omnichannel initiatives through business partner-to-partner connectivity, order management, collaborative replenishment, intelligent fulfillment, cross-functional analytics, and product information management. (TrueCommerce, www. truecommerce.com)

Asset-tracking mobile app: Barcoding Inc., a supply chain automation company and a premier solution partner in Zebra Technologies’ PartnerConnect program, has introduced “Get Smart,” a mobile application designed to capture and report user and device usage information. Get Smart offers real-time insight into when activities are performed throughout the day, on which devices, and by whom. Zebra is the first mobile computing manufacturer to support this application.

The application allows managers to view user and device analytics, providing opportunities to match employee time and tasking with asset availability. (Barcoding Inc., www.barcoding.com)