Key Takeaways

·      “Geeking Out”: S&S Activewear (asi/84358) has implemented Geekplus’s PopPick AI-powered robots across multiple distribution centers to improve operational efficiency.

·      AI-Backed Benefits: PopPick robots increase picking speed and accuracy, boosting productivity, executives say.

·      Employee Focus: S&S reports improved employee safety and job satisfaction with automation.

·      More Bots: Adding to S&S’s AI arsenal is a different robotics system that’s active in the distribution centers of alphabroder (asi/34063), which S&S acquired this year.

Counselor Top 40 supplier S&S Activewear (asi/84358) is executing a robotics revolution.

The multibillion-dollar firm this year began implementing Geekplus’s PopPick advanced mobile robotics (AMR) solution in three of its distribution centers and has plans to roll the AI-powered bots out to two more warehouses in early 2025.

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Caption: PopPick robots from Geekplus at this S&S Activewear (asi/84358) facility move through the system of tote stacks, operating on AI to transport product-packed totes to human workers who pick the items and package them for shipping.