6RS Overview RILA Conference 2018

1. RILA 2018
February 26-28th 2018
Introduction
Waltham, MA
October 2015Fulfillment. Redefined.

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What We Do
6 River Systems (6RS) delivers a new generation of
automation and fulfillment systems for e-commerce,
retail, and third party logistic operations
History
Founded in July 2015 by ex-Kiva Executives
10 sites deployed in US, 30 sites + 600 Chucks EOY
Finalist Best New Product Promat 2017 + Modex 2018
Backing
Leading venture and strategic investors
Summary
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Meet Chuck.

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▪ Very expensive ($500K/user, min of
$1.5M deal)
▪ Poor (vertical) storage density
▪ Heavy customization in design and
system integration
▪ No longer available (since 2014)
… but it wasn’t perfect!
The Kiva Story
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▪ Mobile robots, portable shelves,
and stations
▪ Designed for e-commerce and retail
operations
▪ Easy to use software, user friendly
workflows
▪ Real-time fulfillment (< 15 mins)
Kiva Showed Us a New Way!

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▪ Strong market opportunity
o Ecomm growth accelerating ($500B+ by 2020)
o Customers demand better service levels → Amazon effect
o 70% of fulfillment centers are manual or lightly automated
o New entrants are robot centric with no viable solution
▪ Faster and cheaper technology
o Kiva was designed in 2003; required complete warehouse infrastructure change
o Autonomous cars, drones, ROS, cloud services, etc. driving down costs and time to market
So we decided to jump in!
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The conditions exist for the “perfect storm”

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Empower your associate - keep your best people
Flexibility then productivity - maximize utilization
No new infrastructure - simpler, faster, and cheaper
Design Fundamentals
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2-3x productivity
of cart picking at
less than half the cost
of traditional automation
Disruptive Automation
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Introducing Chuck!
Increase Productivity
2-3x rates, brings work to the associate
Accelerate Training
Directed workflow, at rate within minutes
Rapid Implementation
No new infrastructure, go-live in 2-6 weeks
Feature Rich
Simplified integration, enhances legacy WMS
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Configurability
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▪ Used in
various
operations
o Ecomm
o Retail
o Manufacturing
▪ Flexible picking
strategies

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▪ Additional capacity can be
added in minutes
▪ Maps, locations, and product
definitions are stored on the
cloud
▪ Chuck connects to network
and provisions over-the-air
Scalability
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▪ Ecomm and retail softlines picking
▪ 40 Chucks supporting 25 pickers
o 50K units / day capacity (two shifts)
o 60 uph → 130+ uph
▪ Implementation timeline
o Go-Live: 4 weeks
o Ramp-up: 1 week
o Full-volume: 1 week
Example Production Site
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Directed Workflow
▪ Chuck leads associates through every step of the process
▪ Increases utilization of people and equipment
Accelerated Training
▪ Training time drops from weeks to hours
▪ Access to broader pool of seasonal hires
Drop-in Replacement
▪ No warehouse infrastructure
▪ Keep existing racking and layout
Leading Edge Tech
▪ Cloud-base computer grouping work through AI
▪ Autonomous car tech and machine learning used in safety
6RS Advantages
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Compliant to ANSI b56.5
safety standard
Experienced team has
designed, sold, built, and
deployed systems with
+10,000 robots in use

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Cart 6RS Conveyor Shuttle
Performance 50-100 uph 120-240 uph 100-200 uph 300+ uph
Training 3-4 weeks 5 minutes 2 weeks 1 week
Flexibility High High Welding and drills No
Aisle Width 3-4 feet 3-4 feet Varies N/A
Safety Strain and Collisions ANSI b56.5 Do not touch! Unknown
Investment $5-20K/user $50K/user $200K/user $400K/user
Payback Baseline 12-18 months 24-36 months 36+ months
Comparison
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▪ Multi-mode Pick Strategies
o Use strategies simultaneously
o Interleave pick, replen, and counts
▪ Obstacle Identification
o Machine learning identifies obstacles
o Increase safety and performance
▪ Work Allocation AI
o Continuously improves matching
o Actively manages congestion
Feature Highlights
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Dense
Picks
Sparse
Picks
High Units Per Order
Low Units Per Order
Singles
Batch
Order
Picking
Batch
Picking
Pick and
Pass