GreyOrange, robotics and supply chain automation company, has announced two new installations of its Linear Sorter for DTDC, a leading express parcel service provider in India. With this, GreyOrange aims to support DTDC's expansion across India with advanced automation in its key distribution hubs.
DTDC has partnered with GreyOrange in the last four years. As the volume of parcels grew 25-40% annually, DTDC has identified GreyOrange as a 'Technology Partner' and worked together to develop automation solutions to support its various regions. Today, networks of eight sites operate with GreyOrange high-speed Linear Sorters in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad. These distribution hubs operate 24x7 with a capacity of over 20,000 parcels an hour; as many as half a million parcels a day, and up to 3 million parcels a week.
Abhishek Chakravorty, CEO and Executive Director, DTDC, said, "The growth in e-commerce in India has been phenomenal and it is necessary for us to adopt automation and new technologies to manage our ever-increasing volumes. GreyOrange understands our business and has been our technology partner to develop new solutions to support the growth of our nationwide network."
Vivekanand, Country Manager – India and SAARC, GreyOrange, stated, "Our collaboration with DTDC has been extremely successful. We are happy our Linear Sorters have helped each hub achieve greater levels of performance and efficiencies. As the technology partner for their automation requirements, we are proud to contribute to their exciting growth."
The GreyOrange Linear Sorter, comprising advanced software and a high-speed sorter, is designed to manage a wide variety of applications. Equipped with advanced software from GreyOrange, the Sorter uses the same hardware to adapt to the customised configurations necessary to handle the daily requirements of its various users.
