ArcBest recognized as a leading innovator in the supply chain space
ArcBest was named the overall winner for Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2024 Top Software & Tech Awards in the Warehouse Automation category for our groundbreaking technology, Vaux Smart Autonomy™. The award highlights new-to-market software and technology solutions that enhance automation, efficiency and visibility within the supply chain space.
This recognition follows our recent announcement that Vaux Smart Autonomy made Fast Company’s 2024 Next Big Things in Tech list. These honors showcase ArcBest’s ongoing commitment to innovation, excellence and working alongside our customers to develop solutions that directly address their needs.
The 2024 Top Software & Tech Awards winners are categorized into Small Business (<$50 million) and Enterprise (>$49 million), with sub-categories: Procurement/ERP Software, Robotics, and Supply Chain Visibility Solutions, WMS/TMS Software and Warehouse Automation. About 43% of submissions focused on supply chain visibility solutions, 23% on WMS/TMS software, 18% on warehouse automation, 12% on procurement/ERP software, and 4% on robotics.
About Vaux Smart Autonomy
Vaux Smart Autonomy combines Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) forklifts and reach trucks, intelligent fleet management software and remote teleoperation capabilities to autonomously handle materials movement within warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities while keeping humans in the loop for the edge cases. The technology addresses all warehouse forklift tasks (not just the easy ones) — horizontal movement, vertical movement and rack movement. And it safely operates in mixed human/autonomous environments.
Vaux Smart Autonomy is part of the Vaux Ecosystem, which also includes the Vaux Freight Movement System™, an innovative suite of hardware and software that transforms how freight is loaded, unloaded and transferred using a Mobile Platform (MP). Together, the Vaux suite provides the only end-to-end efficient autonomous warehouse materials movement solution in the industry, building efficiencies and solving for ever-changing logistics complexities.
About Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Food Logistics reaches more than 26,000 supply chain executives in the global food and beverage industries, including executives in the food sector (growers, producers, manufacturers, wholesalers and grocers) and the logistics section (transportation, warehousing, distribution, software and technology) who share a mutual interest in the operations and business aspects of the global cold food supply chain. Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more. Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive also operate SCN Summit and Women in Supply Chain Forum. Go to www.FoodLogistics.com and www.sdcexec.com.
