Racks will go to people. EVA will implement a new logistics system with robots that can automatically move warehouse sections
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EVA will implement a new logistics system with robots that can automatically move warehouse sections
Next year, the EVA plans to invest UAH 1 to 1.3 billion in logistics development. The assortment of the of the network includes 120 thousand products, and in 2024 it is planned to to expand it to 180,000, the EVA press service reports with reference to the director of the logistics department, Serhiy Zinchenko. Therefore, the company is implementing new logistics projects.
One of them is automatic personnel management using data science. "That is, the system understands which specialists have come to work, what their productivity is, and selects the most optimal workplaces for them in the warehouse. We plan to implement it at all our distribution centers," says Zinchenko.
EVA also plans to to expand and automate its storage systems. Zinchenko says that they plan to implement two automated systems: AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS).
AGV is a system with robots that can automatically move shelves. They will move towards to the human, not the other way around. EVA wants to buy 20 of these robots.
AS/RS, namely, it is planned to to purchase the Mini-load system, are cranes that automatically collect the boxes of products necessary for boxes with products and transfer them to the order processing area. to the order processing area.
In addition, the company is is also modernizing its warehouse in Lviv, and has started to build another 8 thousand square meters. EVA is also planning to build a new facility in Odesa in several phases. several phases, with the first one covering 20 thousand square meters. "The land plot was acquired before the start of the full-scale Russian invasion and now we have decided to to unfreeze this project," says Zinchenko. He adds that they are looking for for land or warehouses near Kyiv, not far from the existing facility in Brovary. Investments in the development of the logistics business will amount to UAH 1 to 1.3 billion next year.
