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IAM Robotics Partners with Global Logistics Provider DB Schenker

Together, IAM Robotics and DB Schenker will be progressing warehouses of the future.

IAM Robotics Partners with Global Logistics Provider DB Schenker
DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffOct 19, 2018
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Pittsburgh, PA - October 19, 2018. IAM Robotics has partnered with DB Schenker, the world's leading global logistics provider. Supply chain companies around the world are seeking automated solutions to contend with increases in e-commerce order fulfillment and long-term labor shortages. The collaboration with DB Schenker will allow IAM to provide flexible, autonomous robotics solutions that give logistics companies a competitive advantage in today's rapidly shifting marketplace.

In a press release posted by DB Schenker, the partnership with IAM Robotics builds a foundation to provide autonomous robotics solutions so logistics companies may work faster and more efficiently.

"By infusing flexible robotics and automation into the warehousing environment, logistics providers like DB Schenker are finding new ways to offset long-standing challenges such as the shrinking labor market and the demands of high-velocity e-commerce business models. Working together, DB Schenker and IAM Robotics are looking not only at how to improve today's warehousing operations and improve their flexibility, but also at what those warehouses will look like 5-10 years from now—and what future technologies can be deployed to make those visions a reality."

Read the entire press release in the DB Schenker press center.

DB Schenker is the world's leading global logistics provider. The company supports industry and trade in the global exchange of goods through land transport, worldwide air and ocean freight, contract logistics and supply chain management.

The emergence of fully automated solutions makes this an exciting time for companies along the supply chain. IAM Robotics' partnership with DB Schenker serves both companies' commitments to innovation and new technologies in e-commerce.

About IAM Robotics: IAM Robotics provides intelligent, autonomous robotic solutions built for e-commerce order fulfillment and material handling in logistics and manufacturing. IAM Robotics' Swift Product Suite provides a full solution to existing labor challenges, and allows organizations to get ahead of competition in the race to automate logistics. For more information, visit: IAMRobotics.com.

CONTACT:
Haley Norton, Business Coordinator, IAM Robotics
Ph: 412-626-7425
haley.norton@iamrobotics.com

More Info: https://www.dbschenker.com/usa/about-us/press/corporate-news/db-schenker-iam-robotics-554564

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