Mid year inventory: Top 10 scientific and technological innovations in the logistics supply chain in 2022, involving JD logistics, Lingdong, Libao, jizhijia, prog, Haikang, TBL, Yiliu, remote and Yonghui

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In the first half of this year, what technological innovations should be paid attention to in logistics warehousing and transportation?



Science and technology are the primary productive forces.



Supply chain logistics technology has always been the focus of logistics information.



Looking back at the first half of this year, there were also frequent actions involving science and technology in the industry.



In the face of the epidemic, Jingdong dada, Ali rookie, meituan, Yushi, Xingshen and other unmanned vehicles rushed to the front line of anti epidemic. Even under normal conditions, we can also see new progress in unmanned distribution. For example, white rhinoceros and Tianhong supermarket launched unmanned distribution service, SF launched the UAV delivery service in the same city, and dada's unmanned distribution service made its debut in the 618 promotion.



In terms of unmanned driving, in the first half of this year, Yu Shi technology disclosed that its unmanned fleet continued to successfully land in a large number of airports, factories, parks, urban travel and urban distribution service scenarios, with a total of 1.45 million kilometers of truly unmanned operation mileage; Yingche technology has completed the driverless road test of L4 heavy truck, and the autonomous commercial operation mileage of the intelligent heavy truck equipped with yingche Xuanyuan system has accumulated more than 2million kilometers; The mainline technology has frequently won customers. For example, it has successfully developed the first set of L4 level unmanned truck in Inner Mongolia with beiben heavy truck; Tucson will reach strategic cooperation with innovusion in the future; Zhijia Technology launched the plus build program in the United States



In addition to "nobody", there are many bright spots in the application of science and technology in other aspects.



In terms of distribution, at the beginning of the year, hungry announced to pilot smart helmets in Shanghai and other cities, and planned to distribute more than 100000 helmets nationwide this year; In April, meituan distribution announced that 100000 smart safety helmets would be put into operation in Beijing, Suzhou, Haikou and other cities this year.



In the transportation sector, in order to help improve transportation efficiency and ensure revenue, manbang group launched the "one click shopping" function; In order to facilitate truck drivers to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, the "Declaration of entering the city" and "status of high-speed entrance and service area" query functions are launched on the navigation system of trucks under Zhonghuan satellite.



There are also various news about the signing of contracts and cooperation in the warehousing sector, such as SF supply chain and Haikang robot, jizhijia and Yingzhi technology, and Hairou innovation and Xinning logistics. In terms of innovation, JD cloud directly hit the pain point of bulk commodity trade and announced the construction of a trinity of "digital warehousing + Digital Trade + Digital finance".



Express companies have also made upgrades, such as Shentong's online outlet steward mobile terminal, Yuantong's newly launched "real-time interception of orders" and "stop address query" functions, Zhongtong's large cargo UAV has helped improve the comprehensive logistics and transportation system in southern Xinjiang, and Fengniao technology has won the world's first regional logistics UAV commercial trial operation license.



The rookie made an all-round attack. In addition to announcing that it has built the world's largest express unmanned fleet, its actions involving logistics technology in the first half of the year include but are not limited to: building a smart origin warehouse in Xunwu, Jiangxi, building a new generation Express Transfer Center for Shentong, building a digital logistics system for industrial products of Baowu Ouye, China, and reaching cooperation with Zhejiang electric power in the field of digital supply chain to help the digital transformation of Chongqing tobacco logistics, And the continuous establishment of digital intelligence distribution centers overseas.



In addition to a series of financing events that continue to occur, integrated mergers and acquisitions are also taking place in this field. Earlier, G7 and e-Flow announced the completion of the merger, which triggered a heated debate in the industry. Earlier, sonic storage announced that it planned to wholly acquire Wuqiang technology, Midea wholly acquired KUKA, Bosch acquired five, a British autonomous driving startup, and Cummins, a truck engine manufacturer, would acquire Meritor



Today, we will focus on the product plan itself and review the new logistics technology actions worthy of attention in the first half of this year.





01




JD physical control

Two innovative schemes




In the first half of this year, JD logistics disclosed new achievements in science and technology several times, such as launching the SaaS service platform of Digital Intelligence Map - "and map". However, more worthy of the industry's attention is its supply chain automation and digital twin technology platform Jingdong property control.

As we all know, nowadays there are more and more intelligent devices involved in logistics operations. How to better manage them? Furthermore, how can we help the supply chain logistics upgrade in digital intelligence? As the industry's first full terminal access management platform, JD physical control has the characteristics of 5g intelligent dispatching cloud edge end integration, full terminal, data fusion, full link, digital twinning, co construction ecology, etc., and it can also provide different equipment control schemes according to different scenarios. At present, JD property control has also signed ecological partnership agreements with 14 enterprises, including hardware suppliers, software service providers and delivery partners.

Earlier, JD property control announced the launch of two innovative programs. Among them, the lightweight automation solution can reduce the software cost of customer automation projects by 50%; Digital warehousing and digital factory solutions have increased equipment utilization by 5%, reduced labor costs by 15%, and reduced energy consumption costs by 10%.



On June 8, JD logistics announced again that the WCS (warehouse control system) of JD physical control was newly upgraded. Through the unified integrated configuration design platform with built-in mature solutions and equipment integration components, it further strengthened the adaptability of WCS to various scenarios, and realized the whole process configuration application from system communication, business process and strategy algorithm, Help customers quickly realize stable and efficient automated logistics scenarios and improve production efficiency.

02




Smart technology

Automatic picking scheme for intermediate parts warehouse




As is known in the industry, the picking of intermediate parts warehouse is labor intensive and the error rate of manual picking is high. To this end, smart technology has created an automated picking scheme for the medium-sized goods warehouse: through the f (x) cluster scheduling system, visual AMR and picking personnel can work together to meet the needs of different picking scenarios. It is suitable for medium-sized SKUs such as water drinks, home appliances, mother and baby, paper products, dairy products, pets, etc., covering B2B, B2C and other e-commerce and retail store picking scenarios, and adopts a variety of system level strategies such as collective order picking, single order picking, and picking before sorting, Meet the operation requirements of intermediate parts warehouse.

According to the introduction, the scheme has the advantages of immediate deployment, flexible capacity expansion, rapid efficiency improvement, and twice the return on half the investment. Smart technology vision AMR can be launched quickly, and warehouses below 10000 square meters can be launched as soon as possible within 14 days. The man-machine interface is friendly and easy to use, and the newcomers can get started quickly. They can work in 10 minutes and reach the average staff efficiency in 1 hour. Smart technology's middleware warehouse solution supports traceless deployment and zero cost migration. AMR will be restored within one week after moving the warehouse, and it can support real-time calling of visual AMR in multiple and cross warehouse areas. In case of sharp increase in order demand such as e-commerce promotion, this scheme can realize flexible loading and capacity expansion within 2 hours. This is undoubtedly a great help for enterprises that need to improve the flexibility / elasticity of the logistics supply chain.





03




Standing dart

3D sorting system



In the first half of this year, robot Business Review released the list of rbr50 in 2022, and three Chinese robot companies including Libao, Hairou and Lingdong were shortlisted. The introduction of Libao robot mentioned its latest 3D sorting system.



According to the information released by Libao in March this year, its 3D sorting system is a product with a new idea, which transforms the robot flexible sorting mode from plane to three-dimensional space, and expands the smaller floor space to more sorting quantities.

The whole 3D sorting system consists of a three-dimensional sorting robot, a rack type bin collecting rack, a plane sorting robot, a sorting robot operation platform, and a backstage dart control software system. The whole system expands the original sorting racks from hundreds to tens of thousands. The sorting efficiency of each single-layer module reaches 3000pph. Through the planning of double-layer platforms and connecting multiple modules, the capacity can exceed 20000pph, This opens up a new solution for the TOC mode of e-commerce sorting.


04




Jizhijia

One stop pick up / drop solution




As a global AMR leader, in the first half of this year, in addition to signing up with many customers, jizhijia also made many moves in product innovation, such as adapting to the trend of large and medium-sized parcels of e-commerce, and the global landing of belt sorting robots; Release an intelligent upgraded version of the goods to people picking workstation to help improve the picking experience with intelligent projection. In addition, the one-stop up, down and pick solution released in March provides a new idea for high-density three-dimensional access.
According to the introduction, the one-stop pick-up and drop off solution launched by jizhijia makes full use of the ultra wide three-dimensional storage space through four-way cars and three-dimensional shelves. At the same time, it provides a fast and efficient pick-up mode for goods to people in combination with the P800 pick-up robot, integrating intensive storage and efficient pick-up. By making full use of the three-dimensional storage space, the storage capacity can be increased by more than 5 times compared with the manual warehouse, and the picking efficiency of the goods to people system and intelligent algorithm can be increased by 2-3 times. It can be widely used in supermarket retailing, FMCG, 3PL, pharmaceutical circulation and other industries.



05




Ploug

Omnidirectional box sorting robot




In May this year, prog released its first brand-new product in 2022 - omnidirectional box sorting robot, providing a new generation of solutions for multi-layer shelf sorting and handling.
According to the introduction, the omni-directional box picking robot is a robot that is applied to the three-dimensional warehouse with the turnover box or original box as the storage unit. Through its omni-directional coverage of the three-dimensional cargo space, it can realize the functions of goods storage, storage and batch handling for the turnover box or original box. It has two breakthroughs, two reductions and two improvements, which are unique in the world:



It integrates four-way driving and up-down lifting, realizes the operation and operation in six-dimensional space, and completes the breakthrough from four-way to omni-directional; Through multiple equipment combinations covering warehouses of different heights, the high bottleneck of single multi box access equipment is broken, and the limitation of space expansion is broken. Track running, get rid of the influencing factors of infrastructure, and reduce the dependence of single multi box access equipment on the ground; Reduce track deployment and storage input cost. The distance between material boxes is only 2cm for taking goods by suction cups, and the lifting device does not need to be rotated for taking in and taking out goods. The roadway width is only 790mm, and the storage density and warehouse capacity are improved. The shelf can adapt to the size of a variety of material boxes, improving the compatibility of the size of material boxes in the warehouse. It is the world's first multi vehicle combination mode, which can run in the same group of shelves with the box shuttle and provide services for different dimensions of the same three-dimensional space.



Prog said that through its powerful functions, the scheme only needs a simple combination of equipment to cope with the complex and cumbersome application scenarios of warehousing, and is suitable for the warehousing environment of 3c/ manufacturing, e-commerce / retail, pharmaceutical industry and other multi SKU disassembly and picking.





06




Haikang

3D visual guided destacking system



As is known in the industry, with the rapid development of e-commerce and logistics industry, the automation of sorting mode is imminent. Manual sorting has low efficiency, high error rate and high cost. However, in the application of traditional automatic destacking, the pallet positioning is often required to be accurate, and the goods are regular and single in size. Therefore, the application scope of automatic destacking is greatly limited, especially in the case of completely random incoming materials.



In view of the above pain points, Haikang robot has developed and launched a mechanical arm destacking scheme based on machine vision guidance, which can easily cope with the destacking scenario of multiple SKUs and disordered incoming materials. It is applicable to all kinds of boxes, gunny bags, material boxes, etc., and effectively meet the automatic storage and sorting needs of all kinds of customers.
According to the introduction, the Haikang robot 3D vision guided destacking system is composed of two cores, the mv-db1300a binocular stereo camera and the robot vision guided platform. The 3D camera obtains the depth information of the goods and high-definition 2D color images. Through the built-in 3D vision algorithm and intelligent trajectory planning algorithm in the platform software, it completes the positioning and segmentation of the goods, and controls the corresponding grasping or stacking actions of the mechanical arm. Moreover, robotpilot summarizes a six step deployment method for implementation and delivery, and integrates it into the software design in the way of process guidance. Through the six step deployment, users can quickly complete the construction of visual guidance applications.







07




TBL Huaqing Kesheng

Aiot digital intelligent logistics operation platform wisdom ®




Of course, improving efficiency requires not only the use of new equipment, but also the optimization of existing logistics elements. TBL Huaqing Kesheng has put forward a new idea for this purpose: it has clearly classified the on-site logistics resources into five elements - people, vehicles, facilities, appliances and sites from the perspective of management and operation, introduced the seven management perspectives of sqcmdpe into the field of on-site logistics operation, integrated the subcontracting, handling, distribution, sorting, warehousing and other activities of on-site logistics into the unified dispatching and planning, and made use of aiot to digitally enable the five elements of logistics, Break the traditional function, use, region and other conditions of logistics elements, improve the utilization rate of logistics resources, and provide flexible and real-time logistics operation management services for the main business of enterprises.

In the first half of this year, TBL Huaqing Kesheng announced that its aiot digital intelligent logistics operation platform - Wisdom ®， Through the empowerment of cutting-edge technologies and the improvement of practical applications, major breakthroughs have been made again. Through the omni-directional data collection and network transmission technologies such as location awareness, weight awareness, quantity awareness, task awareness, object awareness, identity awareness, ownership awareness, field awareness, intelligent guidance, mutual perception, real-time interaction, simulation prediction, scheduling and scheduling of "elements" of logistics resources such as people, vehicles, appliances, sites and facilities have been built Optimized and improved integrated digital service system.



Supported by the logistics omni-directional IOT identification and perception interaction module (hardware) and the Internet of things management system (software) with independent intellectual property rights, and based on wisdom ® With the digital intelligence logistics operation platform as the core, TBL Huaqing Kesheng has formed the full life cycle operation service capability of on-site logistics resources from consulting to design planning, to implementation, delivery and update maintenance. It has been verified that after the implementation of aiot digital logistics operation service project, it can reduce staff by 30%, increase efficiency by 50%, and prevent errors by 99.99% on average, achieving ROI of about 2 years.




08




Fluidity

Logistics real-time visual platform, etc




As a representative enterprise in the field of Internet of things technology and software services, after the merger of G7 and E6, the company will become the largest and most influential software service company in the industry. Looking back at the first half of this year, the two sides also made moves in the application of technological innovation. For example, G7 built a Northwest Logistics Digital Center, and easy flow launched "logistics real-time visual platform", "warehousing and Transportation Intelligent Collaboration Platform", "food security digital intelligence platform" and "IOT PAAS platform".



Among them, the logistics real-time visual platform integrates multi-channel and multi-system through the API center, changes the order receiving, loading and transportation links, and makes the scheduling work visible; Through the real-time monitoring and acquisition of vehicle and cargo data through the Internet of things equipment, combined with the open data platform and algorithm to carry out early warning and prediction, so as to make the whole process of logistics transportation visible; Upgrade epod to realize paperless signing, provide a variety of cargo right handover schemes, and ensure the authenticity of handover through third-party authorities and blockchain technology.

IOT PAAS platform mainly includes six core capabilities: equipment access, equipment modeling, equipment life cycle management, unified data modeling and governance, data analysis tools, and data AI, so that data can provide support for operators and the application of actual scenarios.

09




Geely remote

Digital magic cargo hold




In the first half of the year, new achievements were made in China's space industry. For example, the first orbit nine satellites of "Geely future travel constellation" were successfully launched in Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the form of one arrow and nine satellites. This is also a major event related to the logistics industry - for example, it will help the further rapid development of remote new energy commercial vehicles in the fields of autonomous driving and intelligent logistics.



In fact, in the first half of this year, long-distance new energy commercial vehicles also took product innovation measures. In January, long-distance automobile held the 2022 annual Partner Conference, at which it was announced that in 2022, long-distance automobile will launch the Xingxiang brand based on the exclusive GMA architecture of van models, and complete the brand matrix of long-distance automobile Xinghan, Xingzhi, Xingxiang and Xingxing. Among them, the Xingxiang brand will release two products in 2022. One is the long-distance Xingxiang, the leader in large space; The other is the world's first remote super van based on the skateboard chassis by wire.



It is worth mentioning that the remote super van is oriented to global positioning and built according to the standard of future urban logistics commercial vehicles. It can be flexibly combined and loaded for both passenger and commercial purposes, and meet the needs of the whole scene and customization of urban logistics. In particular, it is the first digital magic cargo compartment, which includes innovative functions such as B-pillar free design, intelligent zoning storage, cargo compartment environment monitoring, and can be equipped with intelligent driving above L4 level and a new generation of intelligent cargo compartment, It is planned to be officially launched and delivered in 2023.

10




Yonghui

Yhdos system




After watching the actions of technology enterprises, let's look at the innovation of retail enterprises. In September last year, Yonghui put forward the "technology Yonghui" strategy. In April this year, Yonghui announced that the full link retail digital system "yhdos" independently developed by Yonghui's technical team has been put into use on a large scale in Fujian, Sichuan, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and other places. At present, the stores accessed by yhdos system involve all the businesses of Yonghui's business forms and warehouse stores, achieving the goal of full scene coverage.



According to the introduction, yhdos system is one of the key projects of Yonghui technical team. The system digitises deeply from the aspects of employment, ordering, membership and performance, and gradually realizes the goals of process informatization, analysis visualization and comprehensive intelligence. The goal of yhdos system is to quickly support the adjustment of Yonghui's organization and business strategy. This system integrates omni-channel purchase and sales coordination, operation, finance and other work, and connects online and offline businesses from the operating system end of employees.

In addition to the above, there are still many innovative initiatives in the industry.

For example, for epidemic prevention and control, SF launched the blockchain "epidemic prevention and control" and launched the "digital technology" article disinfection solution in 59 seconds; On transport equipment; Jiangqi group has launched a pure electric light truck with vehicle electric separation, and Wuling plans to launch new express ultra small and micro cards; On the storage and handling equipment, muxing launched the t6-1500 latent jacking robot and the new generation of Xihe robot management system RMS 3.0, and the first batch of wooden ants' self driving outdoor unmanned vehicles were successfully delivered; There are more distribution robots. Purdue technology released the quadruped distribution robot product D1. Fengchao and Tsinghua jointly released the unmanned distribution robot. The No. 9 UFO delivery robot and the No. 9 full meal delivery robot appeared, including the message of testing the short-distance distribution robot from ByteDance.

Due to space constraints, I won't go into details. To learn more about scientific and technological innovation, you can pay attention to Zhiwen technology official account & Video number, where there are more case introductions.

Source / logistics information (id:wuliuzhiwen)