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EP 573: Master Data in Warehouse Automation with KNAPP’s Marinus Bouwman

2025/3/24
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Marinus Bouwman: 我在KNAPP公司工作,主要负责软件产品管理和超本地解决方案的业务拓展。我参与开发了Keysoft Packmaster和Keysoft Genomics等软件,这些软件帮助我们发现高质量数据对自动化仓储的重要性。在与客户合作的过程中,我发现他们常常低估数据质量的重要性,自动化仓储对数据精度要求极高,任何细微的偏差都可能导致机器人损坏产品,造成停机和损失。因此,我们需要一种新的主数据类型——自动化主数据,它包含更多属性且质量更高。KNAPP通过提供数据分析、测量设备和轻量级解决方案来帮助客户改善数据质量,并通过教育和实际案例来提高客户对数据重要性的认识。我们还与GS1等组织合作,共同提高供应链数据质量。此外,我们正在开发多站点服务平台(MSCC)来预测设备故障,减少停机时间。关于微型配送中心(MFC),我们发现“MFC”这一术语已不再适用,现在更注重为超本地电商业务提供高度自动化的解决方案,这需要考虑成本、最后一公里配送、库存管理等多种因素。自动化解决方案的实施需要考虑订单量,只有订单量达到一定程度才能保证其经济效益。未来微型配送中心和小型配送中心的业务将会增长,但速度可能不如预期快;改善数据质量需要供应链各方的合作。KNAPP提供免费的试点项目帮助客户评估其主数据的质量,并提供咨询服务帮助客户选择合适的超本地电商自动化解决方案。 Kevin Lawton: 作为主持人,我与Marinus Bouwman讨论了KNAPP公司在仓储自动化中的主数据管理和超本地解决方案。我们探讨了数据质量对自动化仓储的重要性,以及如何解决数据质量问题。我们还讨论了微型配送中心(MFC)的概念及其发展趋势,以及如何选择合适的自动化解决方案。

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This chapter explores the issue of idle robots in warehouse automation and introduces Zebra Technologies' solution to increase asset utilization and reduce costs. The solution focuses on optimizing pick paths and improving cubic capacity.
  • Idle robots reduce efficiency and increase costs in warehouse automation.
  • Zebra Technologies offers a solution that requires 30% fewer robots, leading to increased asset utilization.
  • The solution optimizes pick paths, improves cubic capacity, and provides a cost-effective entry to automation.

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In this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, Kevin welcomes Marinus Bouwman, Product Manager and Business Development Lead at KNAPP, to discuss the role of master data in warehouse automation. KNAPP, a global leader in intelligent automation solutions, has pioneered advancements in data-driven automation for industries like food retail, healthcare, and general logistics.

Tune in to hear Bouwman share insights into how high-quality data fuels automation, why master data often gets overlooked, and how KNAPP’s software solutions address these challenges. 

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