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Automated guided vehicles benefits expand during pandemic

Advancements help AGVs operate more efficiently, safely in beverage warehouses
Sarah Graybill
Sarah Graybill
August 5, 2020
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) have long been revered for the efficiencies they create in the manufacturing operations realm. However, now more than ever, the advantages are becoming more evident (and even essential) in the wake of the pandemic.
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AGVs maximize production, ROI for warehouses

Suppliers introduce new AGVs to beverage market
Barbara Harfmann
Barbara Harfmann
August 23, 2019
Experts note that the interest and adoption of AGVs rapidly is accelerating in the face of a diminished labor pool and the fact that robotic lift trucks are designed to handle repetitive tasks while allowing labor to be redeployed to more value-added tasks.
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Advanced technology drives automated guided vehicles

Speed, cost savings among benefits of infrastructure-free navigation
Barbara Harfmann
Barbara Harfmann
August 15, 2017
Although automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated guided carts (AGCs) have been in the market for more than 40 years, a renewed interest has emerged in “true robotic systems” that consistently and predictably transport loads of materials to places that might otherwise be serviced by manually driven forklift trucks, conveyors or manual cart transport, experts say. “Interest is soaring,” says Laura McConney, marketing coordinator at JBT Corp., Chalfont, Pa. “Customers no longer wonder whether they should install AGVs. They know they need them and just want to develop the best implementation plan. Customers are well beyond considering beta site testing and have moved onto enterprise-wide deployments.
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Clearing a path for Automated Guided Vehicles

Automated guided vehicles demonstrate value, efficiency and safety
Stephanie Cernivec
Stephanie Cernivec
August 15, 2012

Last year, sales of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) were the highest since pre-Recession years, according to the Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) Industry Group of the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA). 


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Warehouses automate with AGVs

AGVs offer flexibility and cost savings
Jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
August 15, 2011

As beverage companies look at ways to automate warehouse facilities, equipment manufacturers say that more beverage-makers are looking to automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems Industry Group of the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) stated in its fall 2010 quarterly report titled “New Paths for Guided Vehicles” that automation today is more flexible and more accommodating to changing operational requirements.


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