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Industrial & Assembly

Market situation

The industrial assembly and equipment market in Europe is a roughly 100 bn Euro large market with 50% of companies represented by medium and large SMEs. The main sub-segments are Machinery & Equipment (45%), Electrical & Electronic Control Systems and Equipment (30%), Tools assembly (15%) and Robotics & Automation Systems assembly (15%). Market growth is modest, but a major transition towards next generation assembly is ongoing.

Expectations

The automotive, industrial, and tool assembly sectors in Europe are entering a new era marked by modular, flexible, robotics-driven, AI-enabled, and vision-integrated systems, making them capable of handling small series and customized production at scale.

Highly modular and flexible smart manufacturing of smaller lot sizes
Modular platforms & options for end-customer customization at scale
Flexible automation: widespread adoption of specialised and flexible robots enhancing adaptability and throughput across all assembly sectors
Software guidance, Machine vision & AI to support automated and manual processes, with more and more integrated quality assurance to measure, inspect, classify and even predict and decide
Broader networks of suppliers with offshoring and/or near-shoring to cope with cost and/or geopolitical pressure and to increase supply chain resilience.
Distributed, flexible part production, more integrated with production to reduce handling steps and automation
Sustainability reducing carbon footprint and emissions with biodegradable materials, packaging and recycling.

Implications for logistics

Supply chain re-configurations and transformations across the value chain
More decentralised storage & handling, closer integration of supplier networks
Streamlining of processes and flexible automation for efficiency and to cope with increasing labor shortage
Machine vision & AI to speed up process, improve visibility & control and to integrate quality control
More integrated replenishment with suppliers providing more value added services in more production ready packaging, reducing handling steps and waste

P8S highlights for Industrial & Assembly

(Company highlights)

No fixed shelves, but flexible, high-density storage in Containers with the Smart Tray System.

Building assemblies at receiving for zero-pick replenishment.

Digitized assembly using containers, Pick-by-light and optional assembly instructions.

Our vision for Industrial & Assembly

Robotic storage, sorting and picking for highly modular. Flexible and fast replenishment processes, with multi-purpose robotics. Workstations that can be quickly reconfigured for different needs and high density storage and transport in smart containers for ultra-fast handling. Digitized assembly leveraging containers, Pick-by-light and software guidance for efficient and error free assemblies.

All-in ONE Fulfillment

with high-density storage and multi-purpose fulfillment robots for end2end automation.

Omnichannel Fulfillment

enabling to seamlessly pick eaches and cases, eCommerce orders as well as B2B replenishment orders for fast replenishment.

Network of central and regional fulfillment

with zero-touch, ultra fast transfer of goods from central to regional and inbetween.

InfinityAI Software Suite

AI-optimised orchestration and real-time control software comprising of modules for Configuration & Design, Operation & Optimisation as well as for Performance Management.

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