Excerpt from Logistics Viewpoints
Flymingo is an Israeli computer vision company that identifies supply chain mistakes in operating processes in existing warehouse camera feeds. This is the only supply chain software company that the industry analyst firm ARC Advisory Group knows where AI Vision is core to the solution. They are using a form of AI for image recognition in conjunction with a warehouse management system. The solution is used to drive high adherence to standard operating procedures in a warehouse. SOPs are critical for safety and reliability.
Avi Boas, the chief of operations at Abaline, spoke at the Made4net user conference, Inspire 2024. Abaline is a private family-owned distributor with 25 trucks. Abaline’s primary distribution center is a 165,000-square-foot facility located in Bayonne, NJ. The distributor also serves healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and other sectors.
Abaline uses the Made4net WMS solution. Implementing Flymingo on top of the WMS allowed them to significantly improve process adherence. Mr. Boas said that before Flymingo was implemented, they might not have learned they had shipped the wrong medical supplies to an overseas customer for weeks. At that point, he and the shift manager might spend hours looking at stored security footage to determine what went wrong. When the manager talked to the associate about their mistake, the associate would frequently be defensive and blame the mistake on something beyond their control.
