加速了电子商务的蓬勃发展，这使得电子履单中劳动密集型的拣货流程在满足客户的需求方面发挥更大、更关键的作用。这些趋势加速了新技术和自动化在各个行业的引入，尤其是在仓储方面。它还表明“未来的供应链”可能是什么样子，世界必须迅速适应新的挑战。DHL Supply Chain 不断哪些实施的技术将进入仓库，以进一步优化流程。除了这些有形的机器人解决方案，DHL Supply Chain 依靠软件和驾驶舱解决方案，可以提供有关其客户全球服务物流网络状态的实时信息。访问大数据池并实施算法和人工智能已被证明是全球供应链规划的“游戏规则改变者”，并将进一步推广。

　　DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics leader within Deutsche Post DHL Group, announces a framework agreement expanding its collaboration with Locus Robotics. Initial investments in assisted picking robots have proven effective in commercially scaled operations, and this multi-million dollar agreement will enhance DHL's wider Accelerated Digitalization Strategy. By 2022, the supply chain specialist plans to take on up to 2,000 robots, then being by far the largest customer of Locus Robotics worldwide. The assisted picking robots are mostly used in e-commerce or consumer warehouses to help with picking and inventory replenishment, thereby increasing efficiency and accelerating delivery processes.

　　"It is particularly important for us to be able to consistently optimize our supply chains - assisted picking robots are very effective in this respect," says Markus Voss, Global CIO & COO DHL Supply Chain. "So far, more than 500 assisted picking robots are already in industrial use in our warehouses in the USA, Europe and the UK. By the end of 2021, another 500 robots are to be added in a total of more than 20 locations. The collaborative picking technology has clearly proven its effectiveness and reliability in modern warehousing. More locations have already been identified with concrete implementation roadmaps for the remaining robots, which we will deploy in 2022. However, the overall potential for assisted picking robots in our DHL warehouses is much bigger, so we are confident that we will meet the targets we have set ourselves together with Locus Robotics".