b'Partner News Spring 2024 35CorporateHow can AMRs add value to your current operations?Since these flexible AMRs arent on a fixed navigation path, enterprises can easily adjust AMR material movement workflows as operational needs change. Using AMRs in multiple applications unlocks new workflows for material handling automation. For example, a forked AMR could be used for lane clearing and dock-to-dock transport, while flatbed AMRs are ideal for lineside delivery and finished goods takeaway. This flexibility also extends across facilities by sharing AMRs among different facilities and redeploying on demand.AMRs also improve a facilitys overall productivity. They operate continuously, resulting in steady material flow. AMRs can also dynamically adapt to their environments in real-time, making them a better choice for demanding applications. They use intelligent navigation to detect, avoid and move around obstacles, so they continue to their destination without interrupting material flow. Intelligent navigation also enables AMRs to optimise movement patterns. AMRs determine which routes are fastest and predictably take optimal paths, even within unpredictable environments.What is the role of fleet management software in AMR deployments?Fleet management software is key to optimising AMR-driven material movement,How can AMRs fit into your digital strategy?equipping facility operators with a powerful toolkit for AMR management. This software coordinates the right robot for the right taskAMRs are powerful sources of data within your digital operations. Real-time AMR at the right time, configuring traffic rules onperformance data enables operators to visualise material flow inefficiencies at a centrally managed map that is distributeda glance. This data can then be analyzed to drive facility-wide improvements. to all robots in the manufacturing facility.By integrating AMR data with your facility and enterprise systems, you can gain greater operational visibility and optimise end-to-end performance.Fleet management software is also the connection point for facility integrationEnhanced operational visibility can help you identify actionable ways to improveinstructions from ERP, WMS or MESmaterial movement. For example, you may discover that urgent tasks arent getting systems are transferred to the fleet viacompleted on time and use telemetry data to improve order prioritisation. Or you fleet management software, enabling AMRsmay notice robot bottlenecks are happening frequently in certain placesin that to perform material transfers with facilityscenario, advanced analytics could indicate ways to reduce congestion and return equipment. Robust fleet managementto planned throughput.software will have a strong data and analytics tool that can help you analyseCombining data from AMRs and the rest of your facility can also inform end-to-end the system, proactively identify risks andperformance optimisation across your broader operations. For example, you could optimise your material flow. The solutionconstruct a digital twin of your facility, allowing you to try out different approaches should also have elegant dashboards towith zero risk and find ways to make small changes with a large impact. You could help you keep tabs on the health of youralso experiment with different AMR routing options so that if there is a robot system in real-timefrom visualising KPIs atfailure, operations can continue to run smoothly. No matter your goal, including a glance to spotting bottlenecks and drillingAMRs in your digital strategy gives you the rich insight to determine what works down into specific robots or actionablebest for your facility.tasks.'