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GEEKPLUS IS SHAPING THE SMART LOGISTICS REVOLUTION AND NEEDED A UNIFIED INTEGRATION SOLUTION TO REMOVE COMPLEXITIES .
INDUSTRY WATCH

Geekplus , which has held the top market share in Japan for four consecutive years in automated guided vehicles ( AGV ), is going with the Boomi AtomSphere Platform to automate its next generation smart logistics platform . to solve the increasingly serious labor shortage in Japan and the gap between the growth of e-commerce demand and the growth of physical volume ,” said Yusuke Arima , System Development Group , Geekplus .

Geekplus was established in Japan in 2017 as a joint venture between Beijing Geekplus Technology Company Limited , a unicorn company with the world ’ s largest market share in autonomous mobile robots ( AMR ) and Japanese capital .
The company contributes to improving the corporate value of logistics companies by providing services such as sales , installation , 24 / 7 / 365 maintenance and productivity improvement consulting .
With customers in retail , apparel , pharmaceuticals , automotive , lithium batteries , photovoltaics , electronics and more in thousands of locations worldwide , and approximately a hundred in Japan , Geekplus wanted to expand and generate new revenue streams to lead the company into its next phase of growth .
“ After evaluating various integration platforms , Geekplus chose Boomi ’ s intelligent , low-code , cloudnative platform for its versatility , development speed and ease of use . The Boomi platform will enable us to connect our operations with our shippers , suppliers and partners , while mitigating potential real-time supply chain issues .”
“ Geekplus is shaping the smart logistics revolution and needed a unified integration solution to remove complexities ,” said Kazunori Hori , Director , Japan at Boomi . “ Our platform provides a single conduit of data sets across all technologies and processes throughout their global partner network , allowing Geekplus to quickly and easily connect with its shipping and 3PLs ’ operating and warehouse systems .” p
Kazunori Hori , Director , Japan , Boomi
Leveraging its strengths in the supply chain industry , the company is working to build a smart logistics platform in-house for its network of shippers and third-party logistics ( 3PL ) providers . Faced with the complexity of various data formats and the introduction of technologies such as Internet of Things ( IoT ), Geekplus needed a tool to simplify and streamline the integration of all its applications and data .
“ We are aiming to co-create a new logistics standard by utilizing next-generation robotics technology

GEEKPLUS IS SHAPING THE SMART LOGISTICS REVOLUTION AND NEEDED A UNIFIED INTEGRATION SOLUTION TO REMOVE COMPLEXITIES .

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