14th November 2023
Global Robotics Services (GRS), the robotics arm division of GLP, has agreed a new strategic partnership with Brysdales Intralogistics (Brysdales), part of the Verat Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of material handling solutions
Under the terms of the partnership, GRS will work with Brysdales to offer a full-service solution to warehouse operators and businesses across the UK who seek to improve the productivity of their operations through robotics and other efficient storage solutions. GRS offers a collaborative robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) solution which gives customers access to the benefits of robotics through an innovative subscription model, offering the flexibility of a pay-as-you-go solution, and avoiding significant upfront CAPEX expenditure.
Brysdales brings more than 50 years of expertise in warehouse organisation helping businesses across a variety of commercial and manufacturing sectors to maximise workspace by designing storage systems that help companies work more efficiently.
To date, GRS has completed more than 30 robotics projects across Asia and Europe, with installations completed in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Italy.
Commenting on the partnership Jaap Vos, Managing Director Brysdales Intralogistics said: “Our partnership with GRS now gives us a unique fully automated solution in the intralogistics space. This new technology partnership will allow us to offer even greater efficiencies to new and existing customers and we look forward to working together to deliver these solutions across the UK’s warehouse and logistics marketplace.”
Hongming Chen, CEO of Global Robotics Services (GRS) commented : “Following our successful roll out across Asia we are now seeing significant interest in our subscription model robotics-as-a-service across Europe including the UK. Our new partnership with Brysdales, a market leader in the UK in the intralogistics space, will allow us to leverage their UK client network and local execution capabilities to reach an even greater number of potential customers across the country. We look forward to working with our new partners.”
GRS is an innovative platform providing collaborative robotics as a service (RaaS) solutions through a subscription model, offering the flexibility of a pay-as-you-go solution. The service is aimed at customers who are seeking to improve the productivity of their logistics operations through robotics, amid the increasing need to maximise efficiency in e-commerce.
The subscription-based model creates lower upfront capital requirements, reduced fixed costs and flexible lease terms which help bridge the automation gap for many small to mid-size enterprises, as well as allowing customers to scale up and down in response to changing market conditions. A full package of services including consulting, implementation, maintenance, systems and robotics upgrading can all be provided as part of this service.
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