As global supply chains are profoundly reshaped, how can technological innovation solve the world-class challenges of warehouse automation? On January 20, 2026, at the 7th MM Entrepreneurs International Forum hosted by Modern Manufacturing magazine of the Machinery Industry Information Research Institute, Ms. Lu Jianping, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of ATOMIX, offered an answer drawn from Chinese practice: “unlimited warehouse automation.” Under the theme “Intelligent Empowerment for New Industrialization, Global Expansion for a New Landscape,” the forum focused on AI-enabled manufacturing and the globalization of supply chains, gathering nearly 300 industry leaders from academia and industry. In her keynote titled “Empowering a New Chapter in Global Strategy with Unlimited Warehouse Automation,” Lu Jianping explained systematically how a “flexible automation” logistics approach, tempered in China's complex scenarios, is becoming a key force for strengthening the resilience of global industrial chains.
I. The Shifting Global Supply Chain: Why Is Flexible Automation Becoming “Core Infrastructure”?
Lu Jianping noted that we are in a new era of global supply chains in which “security and efficiency carry equal weight.” Geopolitics, trade friction and other factors are driving a reshaping of industrial chain footprints, while China's manufacturing sector is transitioning toward high-end, intelligent and green development, which requires supply chains to become globalized, flexible and resilient. In this process, smart logistics — especially the deep integration of “AI + automation” — has risen from a cost center to core infrastructure that supports new industrialization and builds self-reliant, controllable global supply chains.
She highlighted in particular the “tempering effect” of China's unique scenarios: the extreme order fluctuations of e-commerce mega-promotions, the extreme SKU diversity of manufacturing, and rapidly rising cost pressure together form the world's most complex application scenarios. Combined with China's vibrant internet and AI innovation ecosystem, this has enabled a logistics automation paradigm of “high flexibility, high ROI and rapid deployment” to be battle-tested and matured in China first, and to be ready for export to the world.
II. Solving a World-Class Problem: How Does ATOMIX Achieve a “Boundless” Paradigm Breakthrough?
Confronted with the “impossible triangle” that has long plagued global warehouse automation — efficiency, density and flexibility are hard to achieve at the same time — ATOMIX proposed “unlimited flexible automation,” a new paradigm for smart logistics from China. Lu Jianping described it as a triple innovation spanning technology, process and ecosystem:
Boundless technology: breaking down the data and collaboration barriers between devices to leap from “standalone machine intelligence” to “system intelligence.” The Matrix8 software platform is a standardized intelligent hub that can simultaneously direct more than a thousand heterogeneous robots — in-house Pallet Shuttle / Pallet AMR plus partner equipment — in coordinated operation. Built on a unified “dialogue” protocol, the open Matrix8 intelligent platform lets customers and partners combine modules and scale on demand as easily as building blocks.
Boundless process: breaking the segmentation of warehouse operations to achieve end-to-end integration across the entire flow. It dissolves the physical and logical boundaries between the traditional “storage, movement and picking” steps, enabling pallets, bins and irregular-shaped items to be stored, moved and picked together within a single system. The Matrix8 intelligent warehouse can efficiently handle diverse business at the same time, from B2B full-pallet to B2C split-case picking, greatly improving space utilization and process efficiency.
Boundless ecosystem: breaking the limits of traditional business models and transforming from an “all-rounder” integrator into a “technology arsenal” and an “enabler.” The Matrix8 system is a set of highly standardized, modular “integrated hardware-software subsystems”; through different combinations, it can form mixed-storage, mixed-handling and mixed-picking subsystems to meet the requirements of different scenarios. Based on a unified design language, interface standards and interaction protocols, outstanding integrators in any region of the world can use Matrix8 subsystems to build customized solutions that fit local customer needs quickly and at low cost. This model creates a three-way win: integrators gain the most competitive technology arsenal, customers gain cost-effective solutions delivered quickly, and ATOMIX achieves scaled coverage of its technology.
III. From China to the World: The Global Footprint and Contribution of the “Boundless” Approach
Lu Jianping shared ATOMIX's extensive hands-on global deployment of the “boundless” approach and its strategic path. The company's going-global path has three tiers:
Product going global: bringing cost-effective, highly reliable hardware such as pallet shuttles and AMRs to global markets;
Solution going global: delivering complete Matrix8 intelligent warehousing solutions, including hardware, software and design services;
Ecosystem going global: exporting a delivery model of “factory demo validation + local partner implementation,” bringing China's project management standards and deterministic delivery system to partners around the world.
ATOMIX solutions now serve a diverse range of scenarios worldwide: in the high-end markets of Japan and South Korea, serving top-tier enterprises such as Toyota and Honda, which proves the high reliability of Chinese technology; in Southeast Asia, with Singapore as a hub, adapting to hot and humid environments and serving the fast-growing distribution and manufacturing sectors; in Europe and the US, successfully meeting strict local compliance requirements and e-commerce peak challenges, with cold-chain and e-commerce projects delivered; and in the Middle East and Latin America, signing large automated warehousing and distribution center projects that stand as national benchmark demonstrations of local industrial modernization.
These practices not only create value for customers but also make three deeper contributions to the global warehousing ecosystem:
1. Substantially lowering the barrier to automation and advancing technology for all;
2. Accelerating global technology iteration and innovation through an open ecosystem;
3. Strengthening the resilience of global supply chains to volatility and uncertainty with flexible systems.
IV. Creating the Future Together: The Next Stop for Smart Logistics, Moving Forward Side by Side
Lu Jianping stressed that ATOMIX's technology and business philosophy have always sought to resonate with the direction of the modern logistics system advocated in national logistics planning: “smart, green, open and secure.” The company's Matrix8 AI platform is a model of the “integration of the digital and the physical”; high-density storage and intelligent scheduling put green, low-carbon policy concepts into practice; fully self-developed technology and products safeguard supply chain security; and going global together with China's industrial chain advances a high level of openness in the industry through real going-global practice.
Looking ahead, she issued three proposals to government, industry peers and global partners: she hopes the government will continue to encourage technological innovation and support the internationalization of Chinese standards; she advocates healthy competition and complementary differentiation among peers; and she welcomes global partners to join the open “boundless” ecosystem to create value for customers together.
“Let every warehouse achieve flexible automation” — this is ATOMIX's founding aspiration and a solid commitment to the future of global supply chains. “Gathering the strength of all parties to illuminate a new picture of smart logistics worldwide.” In her speech, Lu Jianping said this path requires technological courage, an open mind and the wisdom to move in step with the times. ATOMIX is ready to join hands with all parties to make “Intelligent Manufacturing in China” an important engine for global industrial progress.