LOCUS ROBOTICS PICKS RECORD-BREAKING 230 MILLION UNITS DURING PEAK HOLIDAY SHOPPING PERIOD
Leader in Warehouse Robotics Automation Averaged 3.3 Million Units Picked Per Day, Doubling Volume Over 2021 Holiday Peak Shopping Season
Locus Robotics, the leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment and distribution warehouses, today announced that its LocusBots picked over 230 million units during the peak holiday shopping period on behalf of its global retail and third-party logistics customers, more than doubling the total number of items picked in 2021.
"Despite early predictions of lowered volumes, Locus customers once again picked a record number of items using LocusBots during this critical holiday shopping period," said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. "It is now clear that scalable, cost-efficient robotics automation is an operational must-have as volumes continue to increase and the labor shortages persist. Locus is proud to help our customers again meet the seasonal challenge with robust, enterprise-scale automation solutions that position them for success today and in the future."
During this same period, LocusBots averaged 3.3 million units picked per day, representing a 2X increase over 2021.
A record $281 billion online global sales took place from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year according to Salesforce.com and Adobe Analytics Data, with total US online sales over $68 billion, representing a 9% increase over 2021.
Cyber Week 2022 continued several notable industry trends that first appeared in 2021:
Retailers again started peak season earlier in an effort to mitigate supply chain concerns and ensure product availability
Online shopping is now a central aspect of the retailers' omnichannel shopping strategy as online spending increased 8.6%
Mobile shopping continues to be a favorite, growing more than 15% over 2021
Locus recently reached an industry-first, 1 billion pick milestone, reflecting the exponential growth of order fulfillment volume. By way of comparison, it took Locus 1,542 days to pick its first 100 million units and just 40 days for the most recent 100 million picks. Locus robots now average more than three million picks per day around the world. LocusBots have traveled more than 20 million miles in customers' warehouses, the equivalent of more than 670 times around the Earth or 35 round trips to the Moon.
The Locus warehouse execution platform disrupts large-scale warehouse fulfillment and distribution with an industry-leading, intelligent, and dynamically scalable robotics-driven solution. Locus delivers 2X-3X productivity by seamlessly coordinating both human labor and AMRs to dramatically improve order fulfillment efficiency and workplace ergonomics, while lowering operational costs.
With more than 230 sites under contract around the world - some having as many as 500 LocusBots per site - the Locus solution efficiently and seamlessly orchestrates the operation and management of multiple robot form factors, and provides forward-looking, real-time business intelligence, critical for optimizing productivity, proactively managing labor, and managing costs.
ABOUT LOCUS ROBOTICS
Locus Robotics' revolutionary, multi-bot solution incorporates powerful and intelligent autonomous mobile robots that operate collaboratively with human workers to dramatically improve piece‐handling, case-handling, and pallet-moving productivity 2X-3X, while optimizing labor and making efficient use of warehouse space. Locus helps retailers, 3PLs, and specialty warehouses efficiently meet and exceed the increasingly complex and demanding requirements of fulfillment environments. Easily integrating into large-scale new and existing warehouse infrastructures without disrupting workflows, Locus transforms productivity without transforming the warehouse.
Headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Locus's EMEA presence is centrally located in Amsterdam, with APAC presence located in Singapore.
In 2022 alone, Locus Robotics has won more than 17 industry awards, including being named to the Inc. 500 for the second year in a row and a 2022 IFOY Award for its Autonomous Mobile Robot Solution in the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV/AMR) category.
For more information visit www.locusrobotics.com.
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