HiQ helps Danaher Motion develop a system for the industrial trucks of tomorrow - Pick-n-Go®

HiQ helps Danaher Motion develop a system for the industrial trucks of tomorrow
- Pick-n-Go®

- Warehouse productivity doubled thanks to new technology based on laser
navigation and voice control

Danaher Motion develops and sells navigation systems for laser-controlled
industrial trucks. It recently launched a solution which combines laser
navigation with voice identification.  This means the trucks can be used for a
brand new application - picking customer orders in large warehouses, such as
those used by grocery retailers. HiQ was involved in the product development
process and has contributed to the system's integration with Danaher Motion's
customers' existing stock management systems, including at the Swedish Coop's
central warehouse in Bro just outside Stockholm. The new solution means that the
trucks, which were previously used mainly for materials handling within
production industry, are now increasingly being used in large warehouses such as
those for the grocery trade, improving efficiency and reducing the time taken
for processes such as order picking and results. 


“Our new solution is opening the door to a completely new market, which is
distribution centres where the so-called “man-to-goods” method is used,” says
Henrik Eriksson, who works in business development at Danaher Motion.
Man-to-goods means that a member of staff goes around with a truck picking
orders onto a pallet, roller cage or other carrier, instructed by a picking
list, truck terminal or voice control. By automating the trucks, up to half the
staff member's time can be eliminated - thereby doubling his productivity. 

“HiQ is assisting us in the product development process, contributing technology
and expertise in areas such as communication via WLAN (radio network) and CAN
(field bus technology for vehicles such as industrial trucks). They are helping
us to integrate our solution with our customers' existing warehouse management
systems (WMS) and our technology with the customer's existing models of
warehouse trucks. We are very pleased with HiQ's work on this project,”
continues Eriksson.

HiQ has also worked on the further development of the laser navigation system
and the controlling computer that is integrated into each truck, as well as
quality assurance of tools.

“We have sound specialist expertise in the development of various communications
solutions since we have been working on this type of project for more than 15
years. The assignment from Danaher Motion is very exciting and is a good example
of HiQ's top level expertise ,” says Jerker Lindsten, Managing Director of HiQ
Göteborg.

About Danaher Motion:
Danaher Motion employs just over 6,000 people all over the world and in Sweden
has operations in Stockholm, Kristianstad, Flen and Särö. Its core business
consists of various types of mechanical and motor controls with the associated
system software for industrial trucks etc. and it is part of the Danaher
Corporation, a company with turnover of around SEK 85 billion that is listed on
the NYSE under the ticker DHR.

In Särö Danaher Motion develops navigation systems for driverless trucks, known
as Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV). The trucks drive according to a drawn map of
permitted routes which also feature navigation objects such as reflectors for
laser control. A central system distributes driving assignments to the trucks
and the system also acts as supervisor and traffic planner. Danaher Motion's
solution includes both navigation of the trucks and the central control system
as well as tools for configuration, installation, simulation, maintenance and
testing of the environments in which the trucks will be used.

For further information, please contact: 
Jerker Lindsten, Managing Director HiQ Göteborg, tel.: +46 (0)31 743 91 00
Annika Billberg, Head of Corporate Communications HiQ, tel.: +46 (0)8-588 90
015, +46 (0)704-200 103
Henrik Eriksson, Pick-n-Go® Sales Manager Danaher Motion, tel.: +46
(0)31-938066, or visit www.pick-n-go.com.


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in the fields of communications, software development and simulation technology.
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domestic market. HiQ employs nearly 1,200 people at offices in the Nordic region
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