Industry 4.0 Smart Warehousing Solution Shows Promise in Asia-Pacific

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By Kangrui Ling | 4Q 2019 | IN-5634

 

DHL Making Waves in APAC

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Deutsche Post DHL Group’s supply chain solution arm, DHL Supply Chain, successfully deployed its DHL digital twin smart warehouse technology solution for Tetra Pak’s Singapore warehouse. The solution recreates a 3D model of the warehouse with Internet of Things (IoT) data collected from sensors, allowing for the real-time analysis, and thus optimization, of warehouse operations. This is the first time DHL’s digital twin project was launched at such a scale, with Asia-Pacific chosen for its first deployment.

The solution helps the Tetra Pak warehouse:

  1. Reduce congestion and improve resource planning/workload allocation by equipping supervisors with real-time operational data from sensors;
  2. Maintain 24/7 coordination of operations, resolving safety and productivity issues as they arise;
  3. Maintain lead-time of inbound and outbound goods through a DHL control tower that monitors operations, with goods being correctly shelved within 30 minutes of receipt and ready for shipment within 95 minutes;
  4. Minimize operational risk and improve emp…

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