ArcBest Launches Vaux Smart Autonomy™ to Unlock Supply Chain Efficiencies
February 13 2024 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
ArcBest’s innovations support customer success,
transform the industry and positively impact the world by solving
ever-changing logistics challenges
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), an integrated logistics company, today
announced the next step in its first-of-its-kind Vaux suite: Vaux
Smart Autonomy. The offering combines autonomous mobile robot (AMR)
forklifts and reach trucks, intelligent software and remote
teleoperation capabilities to autonomously handle materials
movement within warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing
facilities — all while keeping humans in the loop. Vaux Smart
Autonomy is the only autonomous material handling technology in the
market that’s flexible out of the box to handle variability in
facilities, processes and product characteristics.
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Vaux Smart Autonomy builds on the launch of ArcBest’s innovative
suite of hardware and software, the Vaux Freight Movement System —
which has transformed how freight is loaded, unloaded and
transferred using a mobile platform. Named one of TIME's Best
Inventions of 2023, it reduces an hours-long process to mere
minutes.
“Our commitment to innovation and ongoing investments in
technology continue to drive ArcBest’s profitable growth and our
customers’ success,” said Judy R. McReynolds, ArcBest chairman,
president and CEO. “As supply chains become increasingly complex,
we are introducing transformational innovations to the market that
help our customers achieve their financial and operational
objectives. Vaux Smart Autonomy will revolutionize material
handling for customers, helping to optimize and unlock greater
efficiencies in their warehouses, distribution centers and the
overall supply chain.”
ArcBest is customer-focused and has a long track record of
providing solutions that meet customers’ evolving needs. The
company’s ability to deliver industry-leading technology like Vaux
Smart Autonomy is rooted in listening, tracking trends and
investing $175 million annually in technology and innovation to
create best-in-class solutions that keep supply chains moving
efficiently.
Vaux Smart Autonomy
Vaux Smart Autonomy creates smarter, safer and more efficient
material handling processes in warehouses, distribution centers and
manufacturing facilities. The technology integrates easily with
existing facilities and workflows, making it a practical solution
for real-world products in real-world environments and making
autonomy possible for businesses across industries.
The AMR forklift and reach truck fleet is highly versatile, with
the ability to operate in autonomous, remote or manual modes.
Equipped with advanced software, sensors and cameras, they can
safely navigate a warehouse, detect and identify pallets and
racking systems, and perform tasks such as loading and unloading,
moving goods and stacking pallets. Additional capabilities include
advanced dimensioning and 2D barcoding functionality. A
teleoperator center complements the autonomous vehicles by remotely
monitoring many autonomous robots simultaneously and stepping in to
operate remotely when the autonomy needs human assistance.
Built to Maximize Efficiency and Reduce Costs
While the Vaux Freight Movement System and Vaux Smart Autonomy
can operate independently, when used together they offer synergies
that make supply chains even more efficient. With the Vaux Freight
Movement System, a mobile platform can be pulled off a trailer at
the dock in one movement, allowing an entire trailer to be
completely unloaded in under five minutes. Once the Vaux mobile
platform is off the trailer and on the dock, Vaux Smart Autonomy
forklifts and reach trucks can access all four sides to complete
the material handling processes autonomously.
Together, the Vaux suite provides the only end-to-end efficient
autonomous warehouse materials movement solution in the industry,
building efficiencies and solving for ever-changing logistics
complexities.
“ArcBest is investing in and developing groundbreaking
technology that advances the global supply chain, and we have a
legacy of solving problems in new ways,” said Michael Newcity,
chief innovation officer of ArcBest and president of ArcBest
Technologies. “Vaux Smart Autonomy is a perfect example of our
pragmatic approach to innovation. Today, businesses are facing
challenges in their material handling processes, particularly when
it comes to productivity, labor availability and safety. They need
a practical solution that can be implemented without significant
facility or process changes. Vaux Smart Autonomy improves
efficiencies, adds labor flexibility and creates a safer working
environment — even for companies with complex operations that
traditionally have not been able to adopt autonomous
technology.”
ArcBest is piloting Vaux with customers across various
industries, including manufacturing, automotive and retail — many
of them Fortune 500 companies.
Watch the short video at arcb.com/technology/vaux/smart-autonomy
to see Vaux Smart Autonomy's capabilities. For additional details
on the complete Vaux suite, visit arcb.com/technology/vaux. To
learn more about ArcBest’s full scope of industry-leading
technologies, go to arcb.com/technology.
ABOUT ARCBEST
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) is a multibillion-dollar integrated
logistics company that helps keep the global supply chain moving.
Founded in 1923 and now with 15,000 employees across 250 campuses
and service centers, the company is a logistics powerhouse, using
its technology, expertise and scale to connect shippers with the
solutions they need — from ground, air and ocean transportation to
fully managed supply chains. ArcBest has a long history of
innovation that is enriched by deep customer relationships. With a
commitment to helping customers navigate supply chain challenges
now and in the future, the company is developing ground-breaking
technology like Vaux™, one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023. For
more information, visit arcb.com.
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