AGVs (automated guided vehicles)

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The supercharged distributor sales rep of the future is here

Technology advancements streamline beverage distribution

August 1, 2022

By digitally connecting distributors to retailers, distributor salespeople have reallocated their time and reimagined how they approach their retail accounts.

Warehouse

Automated guided vehicles benefits expand during pandemic

Advancements help AGVs operate more efficiently, safely in beverage warehouses

Sarah Graybill

August 5, 2020

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Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) have long been revered for the efficiencies they create in the manufacturing operations realm. However, now more than ever, the advantages are becoming more evident (and even essential) in the wake of the pandemic.

Beverage plants interface robotics and automation

Robotic arms improve supply chain processing

John Peter Koss

October 21, 2019

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In the future, robotics could be programmed to load beverage delivery trucks.

AGVs maximize production, ROI for warehouses

Suppliers introduce new AGVs to beverage market

Barbara Harfmann

August 23, 2019

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Experts note that the interest and adoption of AGVs rapidly is accelerating in the face of a diminished labor pool and the fact that robotic lift trucks are designed to handle repetitive tasks while allowing labor to be redeployed to more value-added tasks.

Advanced technology drives automated guided vehicles

Speed, cost savings among benefits of infrastructure-free navigation

Barbara Harfmann

August 15, 2017

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Although automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated guided carts (AGCs) have been in the market for more than 40 years, a renewed interest has emerged in “true robotic systems” that consistently and predictably transport loads of materials to places that might otherwise be serviced by manually driven forklift trucks, conveyors or manual cart transport, experts say. “Interest is soaring,” says Laura McConney, marketing coordinator at JBT Corp., Chalfont, Pa. “Customers no longer wonder whether they should install AGVs. They know they need them and just want to develop the best implementation plan. Customers are well beyond considering beta site testing and have moved onto enterprise-wide deployments.

AGVs proliferate as warehouse automation grows in beverage industry

MHI to expand ProMat 2017 to include autonomous vehicle solution center

Amanda Del Buono

August 15, 2016

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As speed and efficiency become increasingly important in warehouse operations, the use of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and other autonomous vehicles continue to proliferate.

Clearing a path for Automated Guided Vehicles

Automated guided vehicles demonstrate value, efficiency and safety

Stephanie Cernivec

August 15, 2012

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Last year, sales of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) were the highest since pre-Recession years, according to the Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) Industry Group of the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA).

Warehouses automate with AGVs

AGVs offer flexibility and cost savings

Jessica Jacobsen

August 15, 2011

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As beverage companies look at ways to automate warehouse facilities, equipment manufacturers say that more beverage-makers are looking to automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems Industry Group of the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) stated in its fall 2010 quarterly report titled “New Paths for Guided Vehicles” that automation today is more flexible and more accommodating to changing operational requirements.