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.”

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What’s the news?

As the race continues, the news broke regarding the construction of 1 million square feet huge warehouse just adjacent to the international airport of Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW International Airport).

What’s in it for the traders?

With the construction of the warehouse just adjacent to the international airport. There will be a huge convenience for the transporters and shippers. The reason being the accessibility to all the major state and interstate highways and vast storage capacity.

About the Project owner.

Dallas Based, Perot Development Co. is the one taking care of the project. The company majorly focuses on Air/Cargo, Warehouse/distribution and logistics. In past 7 years, Perot has leased almost 5 million sq. feet of logistic space, including the 2 massive fulfillment centers of Amazon.

What’s the current status?

The first phase of Dallas-Fort Worth or we can say DFW International Airport project is expected to be completed in 12 months. Soon after the completion, the project will be able to cater to three fulfillment centers. If we talk about the largest storage space in the project it will be approximately 646,190 sq. feet with 171 trailer positions and 136 dock doors. 

From the CEO’s mouth:

CEO of the company Pat Perot stated that they are targeting E-commerce companies. The major reason behind the same is that we are located in the middle of the metroplex and will be able to offer great proximity to the huge population base along with the labor. Along with that the last mile deliveries and you can get the cargo coming in easily be it through the airport or by the truck.

It is being built on a speculative basis due to strong market interest in infill sites centrally located in major metropolitan areas with significant international trade volume, he said.

The site of the warehouse directly fronts the President George Bush Turnpike, along with the access to two huge exits. Other major advantage we will be able to offer is easy reachability to FedEx and UPS regional hubs and centers, the United States Postal Service bulk mail centers, and all the major freight forwarders, not only that Foreign Trade Zone benefits and local tax exemptions.

In Phase 2 of the project, the major emphasis will be laid to feature smaller lease of around 50,000 sq. feet or more that will be built to suit any kind of logistic purposes.

E-commerce industry is the one which is reshaping the demand for industrial properties and how warehouses are rapidly built. Currently E-Commerce accounts for almost 10% of the total retail sales and is growing at a rapid pace i.e. three times faster than the traditional store sales for the past few decades.

As per a study conducted by Real Estate Services and investment firm CBRE (Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis) in 2018, It was found that more than 30% of the distribution space is attributed to E-commerce on lease. And for every $1 billion e-commerce sales growth, approximately 1.25 million sq. feet of warehouse space is required. And it is because of this demand for effective and efficient logistic space that supports quicker and faster deliveries, new warehouse designs have been introduced which are wider and larger. If we look at the dimension’s new warehouse in the United States have increased by 108,665 sq. feet, or we can say 143%, in size and 3.7 ft. in terms of height in comparison to high-development period previous 20 years, according to CBRE report.

So it becomes quiet clear that the growth of E-commerce platform is in a tremendous state and will require a lot of storage space as the consumer base is shifting at a great speed from traditional market to E-commerce platforms.

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