Renault Group positions itself at the forefront of innovation in automotive logistics with Exotec

June 11, 2024

• Renault Community chooses Exotec to automate the location of the Villeroy Factors and Accessories Logistics Department. The combination of this subsequent-technology solution is an world first for a automotive manufacturer and is a extra step in Renault Community’s technological transformation.
• This 100% French collaboration permits the Community to comprise particular buyer pleasure on the very finest level. The 191 Skypod® robots will automate the lope of facets from receipt to shipment, thus dividing the processing time of buyer orders by 6.
• This “ethical to men” solution, apart from to enhancing the working conditions of staff, makes it it is possible you’ll imagine to in the good deal of the location’s vitality consumption by 30% compared to the aged solution.

Villeroy, June 7, 2024 – Renault Community is on the present time presenting its unique-technology logistics facility in Villeroy, which is 100% automatic and geared up with the machine from Exotec, a French industrial robotics company. This collaboration is an world first for a automotive manufacturer. Skypod® robots facilitate the work of operators by picking objects at height, thereby removing the anguish of falling. The time it takes to prepare facets orders is thus divided by 6 and the surface of the space for storing on the location is reduced.

“We are proud to collaborate with Exotec to equip our present chain with Skypod® robots, positioning our Villeroy situation on the forefront of innovation. Thanks to this solution and the teams in space, we will possible be ready to amplify by 25% the assortment of orders served and give a be pleased with regards to our dedication to buyer pleasure, which remains a priority for us”. Xavier Lhors, Director of After-Gross sales Logistics at Renault Community.

“The collaboration between Renault Community and Exotec combines a flagship of the national automotive commerce with an emerging leader in French robotics logistics. Together, now we possess gathered French industrial technology and the possess to ship it correct into a brand unique generation. We are proud to work with Renault Community, a serious player in its sector, whose believe demonstrates Exotec’s capability to meet the complex and specific wants of its possibilities. The flexibleness and agility of our Skypod® machine, which permits us to adapt to altering production, is an asset for those in the automotive sector who need greater operational comfort and greater efficiency,” talked about Thomas Genestar, Managing Director Western Europe at Exotec.

A extra flexible logistics solution

Exotec’s modern subsequent-technology logistics solution is well-liked by its flexibility and adaptableness to altering production wants. In a space to adjust in staunch time with the addition of storage modules, robots or the modification of conveyors, the Exotec solution completely meets the dynamic requirements of the on daily basis operations carried out on the Villeroy situation.

Exotec’s robots are self sustaining and geared up with developed navigation and coping with capabilities. Their compact create and their agility allow them to transfer rapidly and successfully in complex logistics environments, especially in the presence of alternative equipments and workers.

Currently, 191 robots are deployed on the Villeroy situation according to specific requirements, whether for selecting, stock, build-away or compaction. Exotec thus provides a flexible and scalable solution for managing product flows in logistics centers.

An automatic three-steps solution

Robots now play a central feature, from managing the storage of trays to making them accessible to operators for bid preparation:

• Injection: Pallets for storage in the power are automatically injected into 60-litre trays. These are then transported by a robot that areas them in the storage racks.
• Deciding on: When buyer orders are received, picking duties are assigned to deciding on stations. A robot then collects the reference of the objects ordered to ship them to the picking stations. This operation is repeated for every item ordered.
• Shipping: Once the objects are ready, the capabilities are transported to the shipping space the put they are sealed and routed to the shipping docks to be loaded onto the vehicles.

This unique facility, whereas contributing to the enchancment of working conditions and the safety of operators on the Villeroy situation, is a tailored response to the wants and requirements of Renault Community’s possibilities: reduced delivery conditions for an ever extra efficient after-sales offer.

The Villeroy logistics situation on the very finest level of efficiency:

• The energy can prepare nearly 4,000 bid traces per hour at its peak of state with 14 picking stations.
• The preparation time of an bid (from the starting up to the delivery of the package to shipments) is 20 minutes. Beforehand, this operation became carried out in 2 hours.
• The preference of Exotec makes it it is possible you’ll imagine to in the good deal of the location’s vitality consumption by 30% compared to the aged solution, thanks to the elimination of coping with equipment, replaced by robots that use much less vitality.
• Villeroy’s logistics situation currently processes up to 40,000 bid traces per day with 110,000 references, including 20,000 references managed by the unique logistics tool. It covers the Community’s latest gadgets (Scenic, Rafale, and so forth.) as successfully as older gadgets, permitting us to give all our possibilities repairs or repair solutions with the very finest level of carrier.

Renault Community Family Medias

• Juliette Faucon | +33 7 89 27 09 92 | Juliette.faucon@renaut.com
• Paul Jacobsoone | +33 6 82 76 23 96 | Paul.jacobsoone@renault.com

Exotec Family Medias

• Manon Cholat-Serpoud | +33 1 41 34 23 31 | pr_exotec@hopscotch.fr
• Corentin Faniel | +33 1 41 34 22 86 | pr_exotec@hopscotch.fr

About Renault Community

Renault Community is on the forefront of a mobility that is reinventing itself. With its alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, and its intriguing expertise in electrification, Renault Community depends on the complementarity of its 4 brands – Renault – Dacia – Alpine and Mobilize – and provides sustainable and modern mobility solutions to its possibilities. Established in extra than 130 worldwide locations, the Community bought 2.235 million vehicles in 2023. It brings collectively nearly 106,000 staff who embody its Aim on a on daily basis basis, so that mobility brings us nearer to 1 one more.

Prepared to rob on challenges on the avenue as successfully as in competition, the Community is committed to an ambitious and payment-generating transformation. Here’s focused on the enchancment of unique applied sciences and services, a brand unique vary of vehicles that is even extra aggressive, balanced and electrified. Constant with environmental challenges, Renault Community goals to assemble carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040.

More knowledge : https://www.renaultgroup.com/fr/

About Exotec

Exotec designs “goods-to-particular person” robotic solutions for the warehouses of the field’s leading brands. The company combines essentially the most simple of hardware and utility to give flexible programs that reinforce operational efficiency, resilience and dealing conditions for operators. More than 50 commerce-leading brands, including Carrefour, Decathlon, Hole and Uniqlo, believe Exotec to bolster their operations and imprint-successfully pickle up snappy adjustments in commerce gadgets and buyer expectations.

For extra knowledge: Exotec.com.