[Music] today's automation technology offers a wide range of benefits but industry leaders
are now leveraging these solutions to meet their sustainability goals
DigiKey presents Factory tomorrow highlighting the latest Innovations across Industrial Automation
brought to you by Schneider Electric Panduit and Supply Frame
in this episode we learned how DigiKey works with system integration Partners like Knapp
to enable sustainable Automation in their state-of-the-art product Distribution Center
this system is capable of delivering 36,000 invoices per day which is about double what
it was back when the system was conceptualized so as we can realize that opportunity for efficiency
it really plays into sustainability just yesterday we achieved our goal of shipping twenty thousand
details last week we achieved 8,000 details per hour which is a new record for DigiKey
between both systems so it's it's progressing really well Knapp a leading provider of Green
Logistics solutions for the entire value chain focuses on intelligent automation solutions
allowing customers like DigiKey to reach their sustainability goals at an accelerated Pace it's
a it's a very large project and of course we've been very proud to be selected as being a partner
for this huge warehouse and automation system but at the time when when we got the contract
signed it was by far the biggest Warehouse we have built we've designed the system to support an ASM
such that when it comes in the door we know what it is it can go right into our storage system it
can get get picked tax shipped very very quickly likewise for our shippers we have conveyors right
behind me that go right to the shipping docks so that UPS FedEx can get the parts right into their
truck without being touched now over 70 years in the market and of course back then the designs
were rather simple transporting goods from A to B we have a state-of-the-art control system that
really helps us optimize our energy usage all the conveyors we're using in the warehouse use
the switch on demand technology so the conveyor operates only when there's really actual groups
to be conveyed anytime there's for a few seconds a nothing transport each section of the conveyors
switch off and by doing so of course to save a lot of energy which you don't notice in this building
is a lot of duct work ductwork for airflow leads to waste and so the design he created for this
building really leads to a very efficient facility design in addition to the automation when you're
in the center of this building it's still one of the most impressive warehouses I have ever seen
the idea that something can be very efficient can have less waste and can use less energy
to produce is inherently sustainable most of our suppliers are looking for options to save
power reduce downtime make their products more efficient or get processes done better
automation allows you to control every aspect of the manufacturing process
we have the ability to store two and a half million SKUs in our warehouse already with
room to expand we went from 25,000 packages a day to upwards of a hundred thousand packages
today once everything's ready to go it's local Global it's a global company with a big plan
and a big understanding of how the market works and recognizing that it makes more sense to make
something in the US to ship it to the U.S than to make it in China ship it back to the US with
all the other issues that go with it a robot or a machine is working just as fast here as it is
anywhere else so the labor costs become less of an equation and then really the transportation
costs and the cost of the equipment becomes more relevant to the production your ability
to Showcase that you're supporting the circular economy reducing waste using eco-based materials
in your packaging or your manufacturing of your products really is a crucial aspect of this Market
we're optimizing where we manufacture and how we get our solutions to their end use point it's hard
to understand something you don't see in order to better understand our machines and better
to understand our consumption we are Implement more technology into our facility infrastructure
if they can see it they can start to fix it but you can't see it until you have the
data behind it and you generally can't get the data until you have some sort of connectivity
we're not only going to gain the ability to recognize Trends and anomalies and how
we're wasting energy but we're going to have the possibility of optimizing the process
automatically automation has made everything faster more streamlined being an automation
guy I just love seeing all the products moving and all the belts it's just it's
in many cases when you're building something out new you're piloting something you need
something right away DigiKey is a source for the innovators across many technology spaces [Music]
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