Cost-Effective Solution for Reverse Logistics Problem

Reverse Logistics which is considered as one of the most problematic situations for the E-commerce sellers mainly because of a huge cost involved with it.

With a recent announcement made by one of the innovative robotics pioneer Soft Robotics Inc. regarding the launch of a specially designed solution for handling the major problem of product return by the end-users.

The SuperPick Polybag Picking System, which can be considered as an extension to the SuperPick platform is a highly effective and efficient new age end to end robotic material handling technology. That majorly focuses to provide e-commerce industry operations an ability that will allow them to automate the scanning, handling, and loading of the outbound orders and returns of polybagged items by the customers.

The SuperPick Polybag Picking System is the latest offering from the Soft Robotics SuperPick platform. All SuperPick solutions have been specially crafted to reduce dissipated material handling challenges in the market that is labor starved and can easily be integrated with a variety of applications across the globe.

Comprising of ultra-fast 3D vision with the state of art gripping technology, the SuperPick Polybag Picking System caters to the items including those with even the highest degree of variability. The turnkey system has been specifically designed for order fulfillment and return processing of the items in polybags or in self-sealing mailer bags.

These capable and durable plastic bags have become the preferred packaging method/choice in the e-commerce industry because of the lower shipping costs versus cardboard boxes.

Handling the different variety and the nature of unstructured items in polybags has always been a challenge that traditional automation systems have not been able to reliably address.

The SuperPick Polybag system has successfully overcome these challenges and with multiple benefits i.e. to handle multiple SKUs without re-programming or time-consuming, eliminating complex training.

It can easily pick, scan, and deliver identified products that may vary in size, shape, fragility, and weight to any material handling system in the market.

“Reverse logistics and returns handling have become the center of attention for many e-commerce companies as recent studies have shown that 41% of people who purchase items online do so with the intention of returning at least some part of their order. This problem is only getting worse day by day as consumers continue to increase their volume of online shopping each year,” said Carl Vause, CEO of Soft Robotics.

“We’ve introduced such an innovative automation solution that will not only address the complexity and variability in the unstructured environment of the reverse flow of merchandise, but will prove to be an end to end solution for the order fulfillment process.”