DHL invites creative minds to join Innovation Challenges 2017

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DHL invites creative minds to join Innovation Challenges 2017


Participants are invited to either develop a prototype of a mobile piece picking robot or develop a solution to a logistics problem using a sharing economy business model, platform or concept. Participants are invited to either develop a prototype of a mobile piece picking robot or develop a solution to a logistics problem using a sharing economy business model, platform or concept. Participants should submit a written document and video explaining their idea until September through the competition’s website at www.dhlinnovationchallenge.com All entries will be reviewed by senior DHL executives in a pre-selection process. The prototypes will be tested live at the DHL Innovation Day. T
Company: DHL, Activity: DHL, Date: 2017-03-16
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DHL invites creative minds to join Innovation Challenges 2017

Students, start-ups, visionaries and forward thinkers asked to submit their solutions for a mobile piece picking robot and ideas for sharing economy concepts

Winners will develop joint proof-of-concepts with DHL to be displayed at DHL Innovation Centers

Total prize pool of 20,000 Euros to flow into winning entries

DHL today launches its second Innovation Challenges and calls students, start-ups and inventors worldwide to submit their ideas for two logistics-related challenges. Participants are invited to either develop a prototype of a mobile piece picking robot or develop a solution to a logistics problem using a sharing economy business model, platform or concept. Participants should submit a written document and video explaining their idea until September through the competition’s website at www.dhlinnovationchallenge.com All entries will be reviewed by senior DHL executives in a pre-selection process. Three finalists of each challenge will be chosen, whose concepts meet the criteria of functionality, aesthetics, potential to solve the given problem and commercial feasibility. The nominees will present their solutions in front of 180 senior supply chain professionals and trend experts at the DHL Innovation Day in Germany on November 16.The winners will be selected in a live-voting process while the two top scorers receive the prize money and will have their concepts displayed at the DHL Innovation Centers in Germany and Singapore. They will also have the opportunity to develop proof-of-concepts with DHL.This year’s robotics challenge asks start-ups and budding engineers to tinker away at creating a prototype of a mobile piece picking robot which can navigate through traditional warehouse rack systems and autonomously pick items into a cart. Further requirements are the ability to move in walking speed and autonomously steer back the fully loaded carts to a packing area. The prototypes will be tested live at the DHL Innovation Day.”We estimate that the implementation of robotics will be the norm in the industry within less than five years. Their application will facilitate the order picking process and relieve warehouse staff from carrying heavy weight and manually pushing trolleys through the rack systems. At DHL, we encourage concepts that support employees in daily operations and unburden them from physical strain,” says Matthias Heutger, Senior Vice President Strategy, Marketing & Innovation, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation.


Company: DHL, Activity: DHL, Date: 2017-03-16
Keywords: news, shipping, dhl, shippers, solutions, creative, picking, 2017, senior, challenges, innovation, invites, robot, submit, develop, process, minds, startups, join


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