KION Teams with NVIDIA and Accenture to Optimize Supply Chains with AI-Powered Robots and Digital Twins
KION GROUP AG has partnered with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and NVIDIA to revolutionize supply chain optimization through AI-powered robots and digital twins. The collaboration, showcased at CES 2025, introduces Mega, an NVIDIA Omniverse blueprint for large-scale industrial digital twins.
The partnership enables warehouse operators to design efficient facility configurations using digital twins, optimizing robot fleets, worker allocation, and automation equipment without disrupting operations. The system integrates with KION's warehouse management software and uses advanced AI to simulate and refine operations through continuous learning.
Accenture has developed an interactive application that monitors key performance indicators such as throughput, task completion time, and safety incidents. The partners are working to integrate the digital twin with a vision language model using NVIDIA NIM, creating an environment where humans and machines can collaborate seamlessly while predicting and addressing potential operational issues.
KION GROUP AG ha stretto una partnership con Accenture (NYSE: ACN) e NVIDIA per rivoluzionare l'ottimizzazione della catena di approvvigionamento attraverso robot alimentati dall'IA e gemelli digitali. La collaborazione, presentata al CES 2025, introduce Mega, un modello di NVIDIA Omniverse per gemelli digitali industriali su larga scala.
Questa collaborazione consente agli operatori di magazzino di progettare configurazioni efficienti delle strutture utilizzando gemelli digitali, ottimizzando le flotte di robot, l'assegnazione dei lavoratori e le attrezzature di automazione senza interrompere le operazioni. Il sistema si integra con il software di gestione del magazzino di KION e utilizza un'IA avanzata per simulare e perfezionare le operazioni attraverso un apprendimento continuo.
Accenture ha sviluppato un'applicazione interattiva che monitora gli indicatori chiave di prestazione, come il throughput, il tempo di completamento delle attività e gli incidenti di sicurezza. I partner stanno lavorando per integrare il gemello digitale con un modello linguistico visivo utilizzando NVIDIA NIM, creando un ambiente in cui umani e macchine possono collaborare senza problemi, prevedendo e affrontando potenziali problemi operativi.
KION GROUP AG se ha asociado con Accenture (NYSE: ACN) y NVIDIA para revolucionar la optimización de la cadena de suministro a través de robots impulsados por inteligencia artificial y gemelos digitales. La colaboración, presentada en CES 2025, introduce Mega, un plano de NVIDIA Omniverse para gemelos digitales industriales a gran escala.
La asociación permite a los operadores de almacenes diseñar configuraciones eficientes de instalaciones utilizando gemelos digitales, optimizando flotas de robots, asignación de trabajadores y equipos de automatización sin interrumpir las operaciones. El sistema se integra con el software de gestión de almacenes de KION y utiliza IA avanzada para simular y perfeccionar las operaciones a través de un aprendizaje continuo.
Accenture ha desarrollado una aplicación interactiva que monitorea indicadores clave de rendimiento como el rendimiento, el tiempo de finalización de tareas y los incidentes de seguridad. Los socios están trabajando para integrar el gemelo digital con un modelo de lenguaje visual utilizando NVIDIA NIM, creando un entorno en el que humanos y máquinas pueden colaborar de manera fluida, prediciendo y abordando posibles problemas operativos.
KION GROUP AG는 Accenture (NYSE: ACN) 및 NVIDIA와 협력하여 AI 기반 로봇과 디지털 트윈을 통해 공급망 최적화를 혁신하고 있습니다. CES 2025에서 소개된 이 협력은 대규모 산업 디지털 트윈을 위한 NVIDIA Omniverse 청사진인 Mega를 도입합니다.
이 파트너십은 창고 운영자들이 디지털 트윈을 사용하여 효율적인 시설 구성을 설계할 수 있도록 하며, 로봇 군, 근로자 할당 및 자동화 장비를 최적화하면서도 운영에 중단을 주지 않습니다. 이 시스템은 KION의 창고 관리 소프트웨어와 통합되며, 고급 AI를 사용하여 지속적인 학습을 통해 운영을 시뮬레이션하고 개선합니다.
Accenture는 처리량, 작업 완료 시간 및 안전 사고와 같은 주요 성과 지표를 모니터링하는 대화형 애플리케이션을 개발했습니다. 파트너들은 NVIDIA NIM을 사용하여 디지털 트윈을 비전 언어 모델과 통합하기 위해 작업 중이며, 인간과 기계가 원활하게 협력하면서 잠재적인 운영 문제를 예측하고 해결할 수 있는 환경을 만들고 있습니다.
KION GROUP AG s'est associé à Accenture (NYSE: ACN) et NVIDIA pour révolutionner l'optimisation de la chaîne d'approvisionnement grâce à des robots alimentés par l'IA et des jumeaux numériques. La collaboration, présentée au CES 2025, introduit Mega, un modèle de NVIDIA Omniverse pour des jumeaux numériques industriels à grande échelle.
Ce partenariat permet aux opérateurs de entrepôt de concevoir des configurations d'installations efficaces en utilisant des jumeaux numériques, optimisant ainsi les flottes de robots, l'attribution des travailleurs et l'équipement d'automatisation sans perturber les opérations. Le système s'intègre avec le logiciel de gestion d'entrepôt de KION et utilise une IA avancée pour simuler et affiner les opérations grâce à un apprentissage continu.
Accenture a développé une application interactive qui surveille des indicateurs clés de performance tels que le débit, le temps de réalisation des tâches et les incidents de sécurité. Les partenaires travaillent à intégrer le jumeau numérique avec un modèle de langage visuel utilisant NVIDIA NIM, créant un environnement où les humains et les machines peuvent collaborer de manière fluide tout en prédisant et en abordant les problèmes opérationnels potentiels.
KION GROUP AG hat eine Partnerschaft mit Accenture (NYSE: ACN) und NVIDIA geschlossen, um die Optimierung der Lieferkette durch KI-gesteuerte Roboter und digitale Zwillinge zu revolutionieren. Die Zusammenarbeit, die auf der CES 2025 vorgestellt wurde, führt Mega ein, ein NVIDIA Omniverse-Modell für großangelegte industrielle digitale Zwillinge.
Die Partnerschaft ermöglicht es Lagerbetreibern, effiziente Anlagendesigns mithilfe digitaler Zwillinge zu entwerfen, Robotergeschwader, Arbeiterzuweisungen und Automatisierungsgeräte zu optimieren, ohne den Betrieb zu stören. Das System integriert sich mit der Lagerverwaltungssoftware von KION und nutzt fortschrittliche KI, um Betriebsabläufe durch kontinuierliches Lernen zu simulieren und zu verfeinern.
Accenture hat eine interaktive Anwendung entwickelt, die wichtige Leistungskennzahlen wie Durchsatz, Bearbeitungszeit und Sicherheitsvorfälle überwacht. Die Partner arbeiten daran, den digitalen Zwilling mit einem visuellen Sprachmodell zu integrieren, das NVIDIA NIM verwendet, um eine Umgebung zu schaffen, in der Menschen und Maschinen nahtlos zusammenarbeiten können, während potenzielle betriebliche Probleme vorhergesagt und angesprochen werden.
- Strategic partnership with tech giants NVIDIA and Accenture enhances KION's market position
- Implementation of advanced AI and digital twin technology improves warehouse efficiency
- Development of real-time monitoring system for warehouse performance optimization
- Integration of automated safety features and predictive analytics reduces operational risks
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Insights
The implementation of physical AI models for warehouse optimization could deliver significant operational efficiencies through real-time adaptation and predictive capabilities. This technology stack enables warehouse operators to simulate and optimize complex scenarios without disrupting ongoing operations - a capability that has been a major bottleneck in traditional warehouse optimization efforts.
The integration of fine-tuned vision language models with NVIDIA NIM for edge computing represents a substantial technological advantage, potentially reducing operational risks and improving real-time decision-making in warehouse environments. This collaborative effort positions Accenture to capture a larger share of the rapidly growing warehouse automation market, estimated to reach
The digital twin technology enables unprecedented levels of pre-deployment testing and optimization, potentially reducing warehouse setup costs by
The integration of AI-powered robots with human workers, supported by real-time optimization algorithms, addresses the critical challenge of labor shortages while enhancing workplace safety. For Accenture, this partnership strengthens their position in the supply chain consulting sector and could drive substantial recurring revenue through implementation and optimization services.
The timing is particularly advantageous as global supply chains continue to seek automation solutions amid persistent labor challenges and increasing operational costs. This initiative could generate substantial consulting and implementation revenues for Accenture, potentially adding
The partnership also creates opportunities for recurring revenue streams through ongoing optimization services and platform maintenance. Investors should note that this positions Accenture well against competitors in the rapidly evolving digital supply chain transformation space.
- The three companies jointly showcase the warehouse of the future at CES 2025
- Rob Smith, CEO of KION GROUP AG: “We’re leveraging physical AI—making supply chains smarter, faster, and ready for the future.”
- Building physical AI-powered digital twins used to improve productivity and functional design of warehouses with NVIDIA software
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in
“At KION, we leverage AI-driven solutions as an integral part of our strategy to optimize our customers’ supply chains and increase their productivity,” said Rob Smith, CEO of KION GROUP AG. “With NVIDIA’s AI leadership and Accenture’s expertise in digital technologies, we are reinventing warehouse automation. Bringing these strong partners together, we are creating a vision for future warehouses that are part of a smart agile system, evolve with the world around them, and can handle nearly any supply chain challenge. This collaboration underscores our commitment to innovation and pushing the boundaries of industrial automation to usher in a new era of supply chain efficiency.”
“Modernizing supply chains to make them more resilient and agile, with real-time flexibility, is the next digital frontier,” said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture. “This collaboration with our long-term client KION and partner NVIDIA will break exciting new ground in not only reinventing the warehouse, but also in raising their performance standards with technology, data and AI, helping our clients operate autonomous, safe supply chains that better serve their customers and consumers, enhance productivity and efficiency and create new value.”
“Future warehouses will function like massive autonomous robots, orchestrating fleets of robots within them,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “By integrating Omniverse and Mega into their solutions, KION and Accenture can dramatically accelerate the development of industrial AI and autonomy for the world’s distribution and logistics ecosystem.”
Taking advantage of digital twins to plan warehouses and train robots
Today’s warehouses and fulfillment centers combine workers, autonomous vehicles, and fully automated systems. Managing these complex environments requires a delicate balance of precision and adaptability—a challenge compounded by fluctuating demand and shifting inventory needs.
Using NVIDIA Omniverse and Mega, KION will be able to provide digital twins of warehouses that allows facility operators to design the most efficient and safe warehouse configuration without interrupting operations for testing. This includes optimizing the number of robots, workers, and automation equipment. The digital twin provides a testing ground for all aspects of warehouse operations, including facility layouts, the behavior of robot fleets, and the optimal number of workers and intelligent vehicles.
The digital twin doesn’t stop at simulating and testing configurations. It also trains the warehouse robots to handle changing conditions such as demand, inventory fluctuation and layout changes in the best possible way. Integrated with KION’s warehouse management software, the digital twin assigns tasks like moving goods from buffer zones to storage locations to virtual robots. Powered by advanced AI, the virtual robots plan, execute, and refine these tasks in a continuous loop, simulating and ultimately optimizing real-world operations with infinite scenarios. For the CES showcase, Accenture developed an interactive application that tracks how digital robot fleet and facility planning and testing enhances warehouse key performance indicators, such as throughput, task completion time, safety incidents and error rates.
As a next step, the partners are working to integrate the digital twin with a fine-tuned vision language model to capture real-time insights from warehouses, reducing the risk of bottlenecks, accidents and other unforeseen events, pairing cameras, robots and NVIDIA NIM, a set of services for deployment of foundation models to edge devices in the warehouse.
In essence, the warehouse of the future will create an environment where both human workers and machines can collaborate seamlessly and safely. It predicts, visualizes and adopts to potential issues and generates data-driven insights for operators. This ultimately helps clients design warehouses that are not only more efficient but also more resilient.
1 The AI and robotics-powered warehouse is showcased at CES at the Accenture Innovation Hub in Ballroom "F" of The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, 201 Sands Ave,
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About KION Group
The KION Group is one of the world’s leading providers of industrial trucks and supply chain solutions. Its full spectrum of services includes industrial trucks, such as forklift trucks and warehouse trucks, as well as integrated automation technologies and software solutions for the optimization of supply chains—including all related services. The KION Group’s solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in customers’ warehouses, production plants, and distribution centers in over 100 countries.
The MDAX listed group is the largest manufacturer of industrial trucks in the EMEA region based on the number of units sold in 2022. Based on revenue for the year 2023, the KION Group is the leading overseas manufacturer in
At the end of 2023, more than 1.8 million industrial trucks of the KION Group were in use by customers from all manner of sectors and of varying sizes on six continents. The group currently has more than 42,000 employees and generated revenue of approx.
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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 799,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com.
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Dr. Christopher Spies
KION Group AG
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Jens Derksen
Accenture
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