Gideon and Dot Foods announce commercial partnership to enhance operational excellence
Dover, Delaware, November 21 — Gideon and Dot Foods are announcing a commercial partnership aimed at advancing operational excellence through the adoption of autonomous mobile robot technologies within the (un)loading bay.
The collaboration underscores both companies’ commitment to leveraging state-of-the-art solutions that drive productivity, safety, and efficiency. Key goals of the partnership include:
Enhanced productivity and safety: Implementing flexible, reliable, and scalable automation to optimize workflow and improve safety protocols across the entire Dot Foods’ network, starting with their largest facility in Mt. Sterling, IL.
Empowered employees: Empowering employees with mobile automated robots, allowing them to focus on higher value-added work.
Technology integration: Utilizing cutting-edge automation to strengthen Dot Foods’ competitive advantage and support sustained growth.
“At Dot Foods, the pursuit of innovation has been a driving force since day one. Technology adoption is one of the key focus areas where we need to prioritize experimentation to understand how new tech can give us a competitive advantage in the supply chain industry.
We partnered with Gideon to implement a solution for automating trailer (un)loading. We were unsure if the solutions available could meet our operational expectations while handling our process variability. Gideon was transparent with their capabilities and how they relate to our operations. They were beyond diligent when it came to understanding our process. Productivity and reliability are paramount when adopting automation, and Gideon delivers both.”
– Troy Schenk, Dot Foods Director of Automation
“Dot Foods provided us with a dynamic environment to truly showcase our capabilities. With over 1500 suppliers, multiple pallet types and different loading patterns, these applications were filled with variability, and we were excited to see our tech rising up to those challenges. The partnership also speaks to Gideon’s ability to effectively serve the entire food distribution industry. Most importantly, Dot Foods is a family-owned business of over 60 years, and witnessing firsthand how this is reflected in their passion for team members and their customers was inspiring.”
About Dot Foods: Dot Foods, Inc. carries 125,000 products from 1,020 food industry manufacturers, making it the largest food industry redistributor in North America. Through Dot Transportation, Inc., an affiliate of Dot Foods, the company distributes food service, convenience, retail, and vending products to distributors in all 50 states and more than 55 countries. DotFoods.com.
About Gideon: With entities in North America and Croatia, EU, the robotics and AI solutions company specializes in automating material handling processes for logistics, manufacturing, and retail businesses. Its autonomous mobile robots are powered by proprietary spatial AI and 3D vision technology, enabling businesses to automate the most complex warehouse and manufacturing operations and orchestrate workflows of humans, robots, and other equipment supported by real-time data. www.gideon.ai
