CelcomDigi has just launched its new Advanced Intelligent Warehouse over in Shah Alam, and it is Malaysia’s first industrial business-to-business (B2B) live use case powered by 5G Standalone (5G-SA).
5G-SA runs fully on 5G technology without relying on 4G systems. This allows for faster speeds, quicker response times and a more stable connection.
The fully automated logistics hub serves as a living, breathing demo of how ultra-fast, low-latency tech can stitch together AI, robotics, and digital twins to supercharge supply chains.
Because everything is so tightly integrated, they have managed to squeeze 30% more usable space out of the physical warehouse layout. On top of that, efficiency across their material handling tracks has shot up by more than 50%, and their inventory tracking precision is sitting at a flawless 100%.
This whole project got a massive boost from a government grant under the Bengkel Inovasi GLC program, backed by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Cradle Fund. Because of that backing, the site doubles as an open innovation lab. It is basically a playground where corporate enterprises can come in, test things out, and deploy their own local machine-learning applications without having to build the infrastructure from scratch.
It orchestrates six distinct logistics solutions across that 5G-SA network, all anchored by a centralised Warehouse Management System that gives total, real-time visibility over inventory. Moving heavy stuff around is left to an Autonomous Pallet Shuttle System that maximises vertical storage, alongside 5G-powered Automated Guided Vehicles that zip around the floor, completely replacing manual hauling.
Safety and security are handled by some clever AI-powered visual surveillance, which spots collision risks or safety slip-ups the second they happen. They have even got autonomous AI drones buzzing around overhead to handle stock-taking and cycle counts automatically.
Every single piece of this physical puzzle is mirrored in real time onto the Digital Nebula Platform, a digital twin solution that sucks in all the live data to predict workflows and serve up smart, data-driven insights.
CelcomDigi did not do this alone, either; they pulled this whole ecosystem together by collaborating with tech specialists like Move Robotics, Infinium Robotics, Ailytics, Cobra Security Electronics, and ZTE.