Augmented Reality Moves to Production at Bechtle
In early 2014, SAP and Vuzix began to collaborate on the development of warehouse picking systems using the M100 to streamline operations and increase efficiencies in logistics. The partners in this project announced in a press release that Bechtle is the first company to put the system into full scale production for warehouse picking support.
In the company’s logistics hub, located at company headquarters in Neckarsulm, Bechtle, Germany’s largest B2B IT service provider, is using information presentation and real world detection, a preliminary form of Augmented Reality, with the Vuzix M100.
According to the release this is the world’s first live deployment of SAP’s mobile AR Warehouse Picker app.
In the announcement issued by Bechtle, the company also mentions that it is deploying Epson Moverio technologies in its premises but provides no details about the use cases or the stage and possible outcomes of deployment. It suggests that it is also exploring the use of Augmented Reality in other warehouse processes. The additional use cases include product receiving, warehouse stocking and complex order deliveries.